Machinere language

Machinere
Machinere
Native to	Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
Ethnicity	967 Machinere (2012)
Native speakers	(undated figure of 953)
Language family	Arawakan Southern Piro Machinere; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mpd
Glottolog	mach1268
ELP	Maxineri

The Machinere language is an Arawakan language spoken by over 1,000 of the Machinere people. It is a Piro language and part of the Southern Maipuran language family. The language is highly similar to the Yine language. However, mutual intelligibility is low between the two groups. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia.

Phonology


	Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Dorsal
Plosive	p	t		k
Affricate		t͡s	t͡ʃ	c͡ç
Fricative		s	ʃ	x
Sonant	w	r		j
Nasal	m	n


	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	o
Open	e	a

Orthography

It is written in the Latin script. The Bible was translated in Machinere in 1960.

References

↑ Crevels, Mily (2012-01-13), "Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking", in Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (eds.), The Indigenous Languages of South America, DE GRUYTER, pp. 167–234, doi:10.1515/9783110258035.167, ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3, retrieved 2025-02-22
↑ Machinere at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
↑ "Manchineri - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
↑ Matteson, Esther (1965). The Piro (Arawakan) Language. University of California Publications in Linguistics. Vol. 42. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
↑ "Justia Bolivia :: Nueva Constitución Política Del Estado > PRIMERA PARTE > TÍTULO I > CAPÍTULO PRIMERO :: Ley de Bolivia". bolivia.justia.com. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
↑ Silva 2013, p. 12.
↑ Silva 2013, p. 19.
↑ Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.^{[This citation is dated, and should be substituted with a specific edition of Ethnologue]}

Silva, Edineide (2013-01-01). Aspectos gramaticais da língua indígena Manxinéri (Aruák) (Thesis).

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[1] Crevels, Mily (2012-01-13), "Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking", in Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (eds.), The Indigenous Languages of South America, DE GRUYTER, pp. 167–234, doi:10.1515/9783110258035.167, ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3, retrieved 2025-02-22

[e24-2] Machinere at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)

[intro-3] "Manchineri - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2025-02-22.

[4] Matteson, Esther (1965). The Piro (Arawakan) Language. University of California Publications in Linguistics. Vol. 42. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.

[5] "Justia Bolivia :: Nueva Constitución Política Del Estado > PRIMERA PARTE > TÍTULO I > CAPÍTULO PRIMERO :: Ley de Bolivia". bolivia.justia.com. Retrieved 2025-05-27.

[FOOTNOTESilva201312-6] Silva 2013, p. 12.

[FOOTNOTESilva201319-7] Silva 2013, p. 19.

[ethno-8] Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.^{[This citation is dated, and should be substituted with a specific edition of Ethnologue]}