Tsimané
A language of Bolivia
| Population | 5,320 (Adelaar 2000). Includes 585 Moseten speakers. Ethnic population: 5,907. |
| Region | Southwest Beni Department and along Maniqui River; San Miguel de Huachi and Santa Ana de Alto Beni. |
| Language map |
Bolivia, reference number 25 |
| Alternate names | Chimané, Mosetén |
| Dialects | Tsimané, Mosetén. Mosetén move into Tsimané communities and function with seemingly no communication difficulties (2002 NTM). |
| Classification | Language isolate |
| Language use | All ages. Mosetén young people becoming bilingual in Spanish at a rate much faster than the Tsimané. |
| Language development | Mosetén has orthography but not used. Dictionary. NT: 1997. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Adelaar (1991) considers Mosetén and Tsimané to be 2 separate languages. Fishermen; swidden agriculturalists: bananas, manioc; hunters. Traditional religion. |
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