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Borôroan languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Brazil

Glottolog:
  
boro1281

Linguistic classification:
  
Macro-Gê Borôroan

Borôroan languages

The Borôroan languages of Brazil are Borôro and the extinct Umotína and Otuke. They form part of the Macro-Jê proposal.

Languages

  • Bororo Proper
  • Borôro
  • Umotina (†)
  • Otuke (†)

    • See Otuke for various additional varieties which may have been dialects of it; there are other recorded groups that may have spoken languages or dialects closer to Bororo, such as Aravirá, but nothing is directly known of their language.

    References

    Borôroan languages Wikipedia
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