Chiquitano
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Spoken in |
Bolivia , ( Brazil ) | |
| speaker | 7,860 ( 2000 ) 20,000 ( 2002-2008 ) |
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| Official language in | Bolivia (since February 11, 2000) | |
Chiquitano (also: Chiquito or Bes i ro ) is an indigenous language in South America that is native to the Bolivian regions of Chiquitania and Gran Chaco . It is still spoken today mainly in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz and in the department of Beni , and there in the following provinces: Province Ñuflo de Chávez , Province José Miguel de Velasco , Province Ángel Sandoval , Province Germán Busch , Province Ichilo , Province Chiquitos and Province Iténez , also in some municipalities of Brazil .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ethnologue report for language code - Chiquitano ( English )
- ↑ Kenneth Katzner (2002) [1977]. The languages of the world . New York: Routledge, pp. 341, ISBN 0-415-25003-X . ( english )
- ↑ Decreto Supremo n.º 25.894 ( Spanish )
- ↑ Alain Fabre (2000): "Chiquitano", ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 94 kB) en el Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos .
Web links
- Lenguas de Bolivia (Radboud University Nijmegen) ( English )