Chorote languages explained

Chorote
Region:	Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Matacoan
Child1:	Iyo’wujwa Chorote
Child2:	Iyojwa’ja Chorote
Glotto:	chor1274
Glottorefname:	Chorote

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 (Manjuy)
  • Iyojwa’ja Chorote or Eklenhui (Eclenjuy, Eklehui, Chorote, Choroti)

Notes and References

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.