Chimane language

Chimané (Tsimané) 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).

Chimane
Tsimané, Mosetén
tsinsimik
Native toBolivia
Regionwestern Amazon
EthnicityTsimané
Native speakers
5,300 (2004)
Dialects
  • Tsimané (90%)
  • Santa Ana Mosetén
  • Covendo Mosetén
Official status
Official language in
 Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3cas
Glottologmose1249
ELPMosetén
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