Bororo language

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The Bororo language, spelled locally as "Borôro", is a part of the Chiquito-Borôro language family, a part of the Macro-Jê languages root.[1] An alternate name for the Bororo language is "Boe".[2] Bororo is spoken by the Bororo people, hunters and gatherers in the Central Mato Grosso region of Brazil.

The Bororo language has two branches, and three dialects:[3]

  • Bororo Proper
    • Borôro [bor] (Brazil)
    • Umotina [umo] (Brazil)
  • Otuke
    • Otuke [otu] (Brazil)

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[edit] Classification

ISO 639-3: bor

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bororo Indians. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  2. ^ Borôro A language of Brazil. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  3. ^ Language Family Trees Macro-Ge, Bororo. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.

[edit] Further reading

  • Maybury-Lewis, David, and Joan Bamberger. Dialectical Societies: The Gê and Bororo of Central Brazil. Harvard studies in cultural anthropology, 1. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979. ISBN 0674202856

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