Chiriba (Chiriva) is a poorly attested language of Moxos Province, Bolivia which may have belonged to the Panoan family. All that was recorded of it was a list of seven words; several of these resemble Panoan languages, especially Pakawara, and none resemble other language families. Unattested Chumana is reported to have been related.[1]
| Chiriba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Bolivia |
| Region | Moxos Province |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Panoan?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | chir1294 |
Vocabulary
editChíriva word list from the late 1790s published in Palau and Saiz (1989):[2]: 170
Spanish gloss English gloss Chíriva bueno good sheoma malo bad besoma el padre father reomo la madre mother yllquite el hermano brother ycoyo uno one tevisí dos two jorová
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ David Fleck, 2013, Panoan Languages and Linguistics, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History #99
- ^ Palau, Mercedes and Blanca Saiz. 1989. Moxos: Descripciones exactas e historia fiel de los indios, animales y plantas de la provincia de Moxos en el virreinato del Perú por Lázaro de Ribera, 1786-1794. Madrid: El Viso.