Endangered Languages Project - Trinitario

Trinitario

^{[aka Trimitarios, Moxo, Moxos]}

Classification: Arawakan

ALSO KNOWN AS		Trimitarios, Moxo, Moxos, Mojos
CLASSIFICATION		Arawakan, Southern Arawakan, Southern Outlier
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		trn
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Loreto Javierano
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Aikhenvald (1999a: 67) lists Moxo and Ignaciano as alternative names for the same language. Ethnologue lists Mojo as an alternative name for Ignaciano, with Trinitario as a dialect with limited intelligibility, but also lists Trinitario as a separate language with the dialects Loreto [Loretano] and Javierano.)

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,140
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
30000

PLACES: Bolivia (Amazonia / Oriente);

PLACES: Bolivia (Amazonia)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (2000 SIL). Ethnic population: 20,805 with Ignaciano (Adelaar 2000).

5,500 (2000 SIL). Ethnic population: 20,800 (2000 W. Adelaar). 20,800 includes the Ignaciano [ign] (2013 unchanged).

PLACES: Bolivia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: South central Beni

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,500
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~10,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
20,800
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The Mojo language consists of the two subgroups Ignaciano and Trinitario. For both groups an alarmingly rapid loss of language is reported among the youth.

PLACES: Bolivia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Department of Beni, Province of
Moxos, around San Ignacio de Moxos (Ignaciano) and Department of Beni, Provinces of Cercado, Moxos (TIPNIS) and Ballivian, Trinidad (Trinitario).

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