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Sirionó language

Sirionó
Mbia chẽẽ
Native to Bolivia
Ethnicity Sirionó people, Yuqui people
Native speakers
500 (2004)
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
srq – Sirionó
yuq – Yuqui (Yúki)
jor – Jorá (Hora)
Glottolog siri1279  (Siriono–Jora)
yuqu1240  (Yuqui)
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Sirionó (also Mbia Chee, Mbya, Siriono) is a Tupian (Tupi–Guarani, Subgroup II) language spoken by about 400 Sirionó people (50 are monolingual) and 120 Yuqui in eastern Bolivia (eastern Beni and northwestern Santa Cruz departments) in the village of Ibiato (Eviato) and along the Río Blanco in farms and ranches.

Sirionó has phonemic contrasts between front, central, and back, close and mid vowels, i.e.



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