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| Yuqui | |
|---|---|
| Yuki | |
| Native to | Bolivia |
| Region | Cochabamba |
| Ethnicity | Yuqui |
Native speakers | 120 (2004)[1] |
Tupian
| |
| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yuq |
| Glottolog | yuqu1240 |
| ELP | Yuki |
Yuqui (Yuki) is a Guarayú language of the Tupí-Guaraní language family spoken in the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia by the Yuqui.[2]
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | pal. | ||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | kʷ ⟨kw⟩ | kʲ ⟨ky⟩ | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | g | gʷ ⟨gw⟩ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ||||||
| voiced | j ⟨y⟩ | x | xʷ ⟨xw⟩ | xʲ ⟨xy⟩ | ||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ ⟨č⟩ | |||||||
| Vibrant | r | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||
Orthography
[edit]It is written in the Latin script. The Bible was partially translated into Yuqui in 2000.
References
[edit]- ↑ Yuqui at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ↑ Villafañe, L. (2004). Gramática Yuki lengua Tupi-Guarani de Bolivia (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen.
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