Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Moxo, Mojo, Mojeño
CLASSIFICATION		Arawakan, Southern Arawakan, Southern Outlier
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ign
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Javeriano Loretano Trinitario? Ignaciano?
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Crevels (2012:174): The distinction between language and dialect is often more socio-political than linguistic, as in the case of Ignaciano and Trinitario. 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.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
20,805
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
4,500 (2000 SIL). Ethnic population: 20,805 with Trinitario (2000 W. Adelaar).

4,500 (Adelaar 2004). Ethnic population: 20,800 (Adelaar 2004). Includes Trinitario [trn]. (2013 unchanged.)

			World Oral Literature Project				http://www.oralliterature.org	"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			4,500		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures	Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York		2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.								(General note: provincia de Moxos, departamento del Beni, Bolivia)		-15.1666666667,-65.4166666667
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/	Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	20,805	4,500	2000	1000-9999	4,500 (2000 SIL). Ethnic population: 20,805 with Trinitario (2000 W. Adelaar). 4,500 (Adelaar 2004). Ethnic population: 20,800 (Adelaar 2004). Includes Trinitario [trn]. (2013 unchanged.)	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Bolivia;	South central Beni.

Ignaciano