Also Known As:
Ayoré, Zamuco, Morotoco, Moro, Pyeta Yovai, Ayuréo, Avoreo, Pyeta, Yovai
Dialects & Varieties
- Tsiricua
Recent Resources
Grammatical description of the Ayoreo language
Ayoreo [ayo] is a Zamucoan language with approximately 4,000 speakers in Bolivia and 2,600 speakers
Description of the Ayoreo verbal morphology
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,585
Native Speakers Worldwide
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
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:
Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.