Chácobo-Pakawara is a Panoan language spoken by about 550 of 860 ethnic tribal Chácobo people of the Beni Department northwest of Magdalena, Bolivia, and (as of 2004) 17 of 50 Pakawara. Chácobo children are learning the language as a first language, but Pakawara is moribund.[2] Karipuna may have been a variant; alternative names are Jaunavô (Jau-Navo) and Éloe.[3]
Chácobo | |
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Chokobo-Pakawara | |
Native to | Bolivia |
Region | Beni Department |
Ethnicity | 1,100 Chacobo (2006), possibly 50 Pacahuara (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 600 (2000–2007)[1] |
Panoan
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Dialects |
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Official status | |
Official language in | ![]() |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:cao – Chácobopcp – Pakawarakuq – Karipuna (confuses Jau-Navo with Kawahib) |
Glottolog | chac1251 Chácobopaca1246 Pacahuarakari1312 Karipunashin1267 Shinabo |
ELP | Chácobo |
Several dormant and unattested languages were reported to have been related, perhaps dialects. These include Capuibo and Sinabo/Shinabo of the Mamoré River. However, nothing is actually known of these purported languages.[4]
Consonants
- Sounds /t͡ʃ, ʃ/ may also be heard as palatalized [t͡ʃʲ, ʃʲ] when before vowels in free variation.
- /k/ may be heard as a voiced fricative [ɣ] when in between the positions of /ɨ/.
- /t͡ʃ/ assimilates to a retroflex [t͡ʂ] when /ʂ/ is in the following syllable.
- /n/ can be heard as [ɲ] as a realization of the sequence /ni/.
Vowels
- /o/ may be heard as [u] when occurring within the environment of high vowels.[5]
Numerals
nicatsu | 1 |
dafuira | 2 |
unamarana | 3 |
atchayuna | 4 |
chayuna | 5 |
Pronouns
hiasro | I |
miani | you |
zonihua | he/she/it/they |
noquirzo | we |
zunimato | you (pl.) |
Vocabulary
chii | fire |
huisruhuaina | rain |
jini | water |
mai | earth |
oriquiti | food |
osse | moon |
rsepo | chicha |
rsiqui | maize |
vari | sun |
vistima | star |
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