Machinere language

Machinere
Native to	Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
Ethnicity	967 Machinere (2012) [1]
Native speakers	(1,080 cited 1994–2004) [2]
Language family	Arawakan Southern Piro Machinere
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mpd
Glottolog	mach1268
ELP	Maxineri Maxineri

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]

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

^[5]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	o
Open	e	a

Orthography

It is written in the Latin script. The Bible was translated in Machinere in 1960. ^[6]

References

1. Crevels, Mily (2012-01-13), Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (eds.), "Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking", The Indigenous Languages of South America, DE GRUYTER, pp. 167–234, doi:10.1515/9783110258035.167, ISBN   978-3-11-025513-3 , retrieved 2025-02-22
2. Machinere at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
3. "Manchineri - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
4. Silva 2013, p. 12.
5. Silva 2013, p. 19.
6. Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.^{[ This citation is dated, and should be substituted with a specific edition of Ethnologue ]}

• Silva, Edineide (2013-01-01). Aspectos gramaticais da língua indígena Manxinéri (Aruák) (Thesis).