Iyo'wujwa Chorote language

Iyo'wujwa Chorote is a Matacoan language spoken by about 2,000 people, mostly in Argentina where it is spoken by about 1,500 people; 50% of whom are monolingual.

Iyo'wujwa Chorote
Chorote
Native toArgentina, Paraguay, Bolivia
Native speakers
2,200 (2007–2011)[1]
Mataco–Guaicuru ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3crq
Glottologiyow1239
ELPChorote[2]

Alternate names include: Choroti, Manjuy, and Manjui.

There are about 650 speakers in Paraguay and 8 in Bolivia. Of the 650 in Paraguay, approximately 480 are considered monolingual. These speakers in Paraguay only refer to themselves as Manjui or Inkijwas. They refer to the ones residing in Argentina as the Iyo'wujwas, though some who reside with these people in Argentina have migrated from Paraguay. Most of the Manjui under 40 years old can read and write in their own language and were taught in their own schools. The principal location of these people is a settlement called Santa Rosa, in the province of Boquerón. Other locations include Mcal. Estigarribia, Pedro P. Peña, and Yakaquash.

Phonology

Vowels

Chorote has 6 vowels.[3]

Front Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open a ɑ

Consonants

Chorote has 19 consonants.[3]

Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain ejective plain ejective plain ejective plain ejective plain labialized
Stop p pʼ t tʼ k kʼ ʔ
Fricative s h hʷ
Affricate t͡sʼ t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ
Nasal m n
Approximant voiceless ɫ̥
voiced l j w

References
  1. Iyo'wujwa Chorote at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Chorote.
  3. Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (2012). "Linguistic Acculturation in Nivaclé and Chorote". International Journal of American Linguistics. 78 (3): 335–367. doi:10.1086/665672. JSTOR 10.1086/665672.
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