Iyoʼwujwa Chorote

Manjuy
Chorote
Iyoʼawujwaʼ
Native to	Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia
Native speakers	1,900 (2007–2012)
Language family	Mataco–Guaicuru ? Matacoan Manjuy
Language codes
ISO 639-3	crq
Glottolog	iyow1239
ELP	Chorote (shared) Chorote

Iyoʼwujwa Chorote is a Matacoan language spoken by about 2,000 people, mostly in Argentina where it is spoken by about 1,500 people; 50% of whom are monolingual.

Alternate names include: Choroti, Manjuy, and Manjui. It is distinct from the similarly named Iyojwaʼja Chorote.

There are about 370 speakers in Paraguay and 8 in Bolivia. Of the 650 in Paraguay, approximately 480 are considered monolingual. These speakers in Paraguay only refer to themselves as Manjui or Inkijwas. They refer to the Chorote residing in Argentina as Iyoʼawujwaʼ (those who say ʼawujwaʼ), though some who reside with these people in Argentina have migrated from Paraguay. Most of the Manjui under 40 years old can read and write in their own language and were taught in their own schools. The principal location of these people is a settlement called Santa Rosa, in the province of Boquerón. Other locations include Mcal. Estigarribia, Pedro P. Peña, and Yakaquash.

Phonology

Vowels

Chorote has 6 vowels.

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Close-mid	e	o
Open	a	ɑ

Consonants

Chorote has 19 consonants.

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
						plain	labialized
Nasal		m	n
Stop	plain	p	t		k	ʔ
	ejective	pʼ	tʼ		kʼ
Affricate	plain			t͡ʃ
	ejective		t͡sʼ	t͡ʃʼ
Fricative			s			h	hʷ
Approximant	voiceless		ɫ̥
	voiced		l	j	w

External links

• ELAR archive of Chorote (and Nivaclé and Kadiwéu) language documentation materials
• Argentinian Languages Collection of Ana Gerzenstein, containing audio recordings of Chorote, at the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America.
• Chorote (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)