Mosetén
Also Known As:
Chimané, Chimane, Chiman, Tsimane', Tsimane, Tsinun, Tsimané, Chumano, Moseten, Tsinun, Tsimané, Nawazi-Moñtji, Rache, Muchan, Tucupi, Aparono, Mosetén language area
Dialects & Varieties
  • Tsimane' (Chimane)
  • Mosetén de Covenjado
  • Mosetén de Santa Ana
Mosetén

Stories

Recent Resources

Vulnerable
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>4,800
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 0

Almost all members of the community or ethnic group speak the language, and the number of speakers is stable or increasing.

0
Transmission

Transmission -1

All members of the community, including children, speak the language.

-1

Revitalization Programs

Community Members

Forums

Bibliography

Bibliography of Vitality:
Sakel, Jeannette. 2009. Mosetén y Chimane (Tsimane’). Lenguas de Bolivia, vol 1: Ámbito andino, ed. by Mily Crevels and Pieter Muysken, 333-375. La Paz: Plural Editores.
Bibliography of Locations:
Adelaar, Willem and Gustavo Solis Fonseca. 2010. "Highland South America and the Caribbean." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. UNESCO.
Bibliography of Context:
Sakel, Jeannette. 2009. Mosetén y Chimane (Tsimane’). Lenguas de Bolivia, vol 1: Ámbito andino, ed. by Mily Crevels and Pieter Muysken, 333-375. La Paz: Plural Editores.