Yine language

Piro
Piro
Piro
Pronunciation	[ˈjine]
Native to	Peru
Ethnicity	Yine people, Manchineri
Native speakers	5,000 (2000–2004)
Language family	Arawakan Southern Piro Piro; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; pib – Yine; mpd – Machinere (Manitenére)
Glottolog	yine1238 Yine; mach1268 Machinere
ELP	Piro; Maxineri;

Piro is a Maipurean language spoken in Peru. It belongs to the Piro group which also includes Iñapari (†) and Apurinã. The principal variety is Yine. The Manchineri who live in Brazil (Acre) and reportedly also in Bolivia speak what may be a dialect of Yine (Aikhenvald, Kaufman). A vocabulary labeled Canamaré is "so close to Piro [Yine] as to count as Piro", but has been a cause of confusion with the unrelated Kanamarí language.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.