Sirionó language
Tupí–Guaraní language of eastern Bolivia
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Sirionó (Mbia Cheë;[2] also written as Mbya, Siriono) is a Tupian (Tupi–Guarani, Subgroup II) language spoken by about 400 Sirionó people (50 are monolingual) and 120 Yuqui in eastern Bolivia (eastern Beni and northwestern Santa Cruz departments) in the village of Ibiato (Eviato) and along the Río Blanco in farms and ranches.
| Sirionó | |
|---|---|
| Mbia cheë | |
| Native to | Bolivia |
| Region | Beni Department, Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) |
| Ethnicity | Sirionó people |
Native speakers | 300 (2012)[1] |
Tupian
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| Official status | |
Official language in |  Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | srq |
| Glottolog | siri1273 |
| ELP | Sirionó |
| Linguasphere | 88-AAI-a |
History
Documentation
The first grammar of Sirionó was Gramática de la lengua sirionó, published in 1949 and written by Anselmo Schermair. This was followed in 1965 by Homer Firestone's Description and Classification of Sirionó, which failed to acknowledge the work of Schermair,[3] only citing his vocabulary from 1958.[4]: 7
