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Machinere language
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Machinere
Native toBolivia, Brazil, Peru
Ethnicity967 Machinere (2012)[1]
Native speakers
(undated figure of 953)[2]
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.[3] However, mutual intelligibility is low between the two groups.[4] It is one of the official languages of Bolivia.[5]

Phonology

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Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Dorsal
Plosive p t k
Affricate t͡s t͡ʃ c͡ç
Fricative s ʃ x
Sonant w r j
Nasal m n
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Front Central Back
Close i ɨ o
Open e a

Orthography

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It is written in the Latin script. The Bible was translated in Machinere in 1960.[8]

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