Murato language
Extinct language of Bolivia
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Murato (Chholo) is the language of the Uros of Lake Poopó in Bolivia.[3] The Murato have shifted to Aymara, but preserve some vocabulary of their original language; a number of rememberers of the language were found, and some data was collected from them.[4][5]
| Murato | |
|---|---|
| Chholo | |
| Native to | Bolivia |
| Region | near Lake Poopó |
| Ethnicity | Uru-Murato of Lake Poopó |
| Extinct | 17th century[1] 1? (2012)[2] |
Uru–Chipaya?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | chho1235 |
Murato | |
Geographical distribution
The Uru-Murato live in three villages on the eastern shores of Lake Poopó, Llapallapani, located near Santiago de Huari, Villañeque, near Challapata, and Puñaca, near the city of Poopó.[5]
History
The Uru-Murato speak either Aymara, Quechua or Spanish, with a tendency to replace Aymara with Quechua. Three linguistic studies on the language exist; one by Barragán lists a total of 21 words and numerals from 1 to 10, another by Alavi Mamami (2008) presented at the XVIII Reunión Anual de Etnología, including 20 words and their equivalents in the Uru language of Irohito, and the numerals from 1 to 10 again, and a third recording an untranslated monlogue in the language from Daniel Mauricio Choque, a former leader of the Uru-Murato, though he claimed he did not know much of it. All three studies were conducted in different locations.[5]
Name
Classification
Very few of the words in Chholo correspond with those in Uru-Chipaya. The following words are derived from Uru-Chipaya:[5]
| gloss | Chholo |
|---|---|
| designation | xax chhuni qot chhuni |
| bird | wiskala |
| birds | visklanaka |
| young | thowa |
A number of Chholo words are also derived from Aymara:[5]
| gloss | Chholo |
|---|---|
| brother | jila |
| sister | kullaka |
| (too) much | anchaki |
| well | wale- |
It is speculated that some of the non-Uru-Chipaya words were fabricated, though they could have also been inherited.[5]