Rocorona language

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Rocorona
Ocorono
Region Bolivia
Extinct (date missing)
Chapacuran
  • (unclassified)
    • Rocorona
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog roco1235

Rocorona, or Ocorono, is an extinct language of Bolivia, possibly of the Chapacuran family.

Contents

Birchall (2013) presents an in-depth analysis of surviving Rocorona texts from Jesuit missions in Bolivia, namely the Lord's Prayer, Ave Maria, and Nicene Creed. [1] The texts have also been analyzed by Georges de Crequi-Montfort and Paul Rivet (1913). [2]

Phonology

Consonants

Rokorona consonants [1]
LabialAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Stopptk(ʔ)
Fricativesʃ/ʒ ⟨ʒ⟩ [a]
Nasalmn(ɲ) ⟨ñ⟩ [b]
Tap
Glide

Notes

  1. ↑ Is more likely to be IPA [ʃ] based on comparison with other Chapacuran languages, but exact articulation unknown
  2. ↑ May not be a distinct phoneme

References

  1. 1 2 Birchall, Joshua (2013). "A look at the Rokorona language". STUF - Language Typology and Universals. 66 (3). doi:10.1524/stuf.2013.0013. ISSN   2196-7148.
  2. ↑ de Créqui-Montfort, Georges and Paul Rivet. 1913. Linguistique Bolivienne: La Famille Linguistique Čapakura. Journal de la Société des Américanistes X: 119-172.

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