Chorote languages

Chorote
Chorote
Geographic; distribution	Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
Linguistic classification	Matacoan Chorote;
Subdivisions	Iyo’wujwa Chorote; Iyojwa’ja Chorote;
Language codes
Glottolog	chor1274

The Chorote languages form a small group of indigenous language varieties spoken primarily in northwestern Argentina, and also in Paraguay and far-southeastern Bolivia. The languages are part of the Matacoan family, and are most closely related to Wichí.^[1] They are also known as Chorotí, Yofúaha, or Tsoloti.

Languages

Gordon (2005) in Ethnologue divides Chorote into the following two languages.

Chorote
- Iyo’wujwa Chorote or Manhui (a.k.a. Manjuy)
- Iyojwa’ja Chorote or Eklenhui (a.k.a. Eclenjuy, Eklehui, Chorote, Choroti)

References

^ Nikulin, Andrey V. 2019. The classification of the languages of the South American Lowlands: State-of-the-art and challenges / Классификация языков востока Южной Америки. Illič-Svityč (Nostratic) Seminar / Ностратический семинар, Higher School of Economics, October 17, 2019.

[Nikulin-2019-1] Nikulin, Andrey V. 2019. The classification of the languages of the South American Lowlands: State-of-the-art and challenges / Классификация языков востока Южной Америки. Illič-Svityč (Nostratic) Seminar / Ностратический семинар, Higher School of Economics, October 17, 2019.

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