Chimane language
| Chimane | |
|---|---|
| Tsimané, Mosetén, Tsimaneʼ | |
| tsinsimik tsunsi’ĉan | |
| Pronunciation | /tsint'si mik/ /tsɨnt'siʔkhan/ |
| Native to | Bolivia |
| Region | western Amazon |
| Ethnicity | Tsimané |
Native speakers | 5,300 (2004) |
Moseten–Chonan?
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cas |
| Glottolog | mose1249 |
| ELP | Mosetén |
Mosetén-Chimané | |
Mosetén is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. Chimané is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Chimané (Tsimaneʼ) is a South American language isolate. Some dialects are known as Mosetén (Mosetén of Santa Ana, Mosetén of Covendo). Chimane is a language of the western Bolivian lowlands spoken by the Tsimane peoples along the Beni River and the region around San Borja in the Department of Beni (Bolivia). Sakel (2004) classifies them as two languages for a number of reasons, yet some of the variants of the language are mutually intelligible and they reportedly have no trouble communicating (Ethnologue 16) and were evidently a single language separated recently through cultural contact (Campbell 2000).