Mosetén

Facts

  • Language: Mosetén
  • Alternate names: Chimané, Chimane, Chiman, Tsimane', Tsimane, Tsinun, Tsimané, Chumano, Moseten, Tsinun, Tsimané, Nawazi-Moñtji, Rache, Muchan, Tucupi, Aparono, Mosetén language area
  • Language code: cas
  • Language family: Mosetenan (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: >4,800
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Latin script, not in use by Mosetén.

More information:

    Mosetén and Tsimané separate languages (Adelaar 1991). Traditional religion.

    Mosetén and Tsimané and are often classified as separate languages belonging to the small linguistic family Mosetenan, although they are mutually intelligible. There are some dialects with considerable lexical and grammatical differences.