Yine language

Piro
Piro
Pronunciation[ˈjine]
Native toPeru
EthnicityYine people, Manchineri
Native speakers
5,000 (2000–2004)
Arawakan
Official status
Official language in
 Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
pib – Yine
mpd – Machinere (Manitenére)
Glottologyine1238  Yine
mach1268  Machinere
ELP

Piro is a Maipurean language spoken in Peru. It belongs to the Piro group which also includes Iñapari (†) and Apurinã. The principal variety is Yine. The Manchineri who live in Brazil (Acre) and reportedly also in Bolivia speak what may be a dialect of Yine (Aikhenvald, Kaufman). A vocabulary labeled Canamaré is "so close to Piro [Yine] as to count as Piro", but has been a cause of confusion with the unrelated Kanamarí language.

Names

This language is also called Contaquiro, Pira, Piro, Pirro, Simiranch, or Simirinche. Cushichineri has been reported as a language, but is actually a family name used with Whites (Matteson 1965). The name Mashco has sometimes been incorrectly applied to the Yine. (See Mashco Piro.)

Varieties

Extinct varieties of Piro (Yine):: 244 

Demographics

As of 2000, essentially all of the 4,000 ethnic Yine people speak the language. They live in the Ucayali and Cusco Departments, near the Ucayali River, and near the Madre de Dios River in the Madre de Dios Region in Peru. Literacy is comparatively high. A dictionary has been published in the language and the language is taught alongside Spanish in some Yine schools. There are also a thousand speakers of Machinere.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i ɯ ɯː
Mid e o
Open a
  • Vowels are nasalized after //.

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive p t k
Affricate t͡s t͡ʃ c͡ç
Fricative s ʃ ç
Flap ɾ
Approximant w l j
  • /w/ is heard as a bilabial approximant [β̞] when before a close vowel.
  • /n/ is heard as [ŋ] before /k/.
  • /ɾ/ can be trilled [r] when in word-initial position.

Syntax

Piro has an active–stative syntax.



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