Machinere language

Machinere
Native toBolivia, Brazil, Peru
Ethnicity967 Machinere (2012)
Native speakers
(undated figure of 953)
Arawakan
  • Southern
Latin
Official status
Official language in
Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3mpd
Glottologmach1268
ELPMaxineri

The Machinere language is an Arawakan language spoken by over 1,000 of the Machinere people. It is a Piro language and part of the Southern Maipuran language family. The language is highly similar to the Yine language. However, mutual intelligibility is low between the two groups. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia.