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Sirionó language

Index Sirionó language

Sirionó (also Mbia Chee, Mbya, Siriono) is a Tupian (Tupi–Guarani, Subgroup II) language spoken by about 400 Sirionó people (50 are monolingual) and 120 Yuqui in eastern Bolivia (eastern Beni and northwestern Santa Cruz departments) in the village of Ibiato (Eviato) and along the Río Blanco in farms and ranches. [1]

9 relations: Beni Department, Bolivia, Monolingualism, Río Blanco (Bolivia), Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Sirionó, Tupian languages, Tupi–Guarani languages, Yuqui.

Beni Department

Beni, sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country.

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Bolivia

Bolivia (Mborivia; Buliwya; Wuliwya), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Monolingualism

Monoglottism (Greek μόνοσ monos, "alone, solitary", + γλώττα glotta, "tongue, language") or, more commonly, monolingualism or unilingualism, is the condition of being able to speak only a single language, as opposed to multilingualism.

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Río Blanco (Bolivia)

The Río Blanco (Bolivia) is a river of Bolivia.

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Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)

Santa Cruz, with an area of, is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia occupying about one-third (33,74%) of the territory of the country.

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Sirionó

The Sirionó are an indigenous people of Bolivia.

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Tupian languages

The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.

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Tupi–Guarani languages

Tupi–Guarani is the name of the most widely distributed subfamily of the Tupian languages of South America.

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Yuqui

The Yuqui are an indigenous people of Bolivia.

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Redirects here:

ISO 639:jor, ISO 639:srq, ISO 639:yuq, Jora language, Jorá language, Mbia Chee, Mbia Chee language, Mbya language, Siriono language, Yuki language (Bolivia), Yuqui language.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirionó_language

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