The Bororoan languages, also called Borotuke, are a small family of Brazil and formerly Bolivia comprising the living language Bororo and several extinct relatives: Umotina, Kovareka, Kuruminaka and Otuke. The family is sometimes considered part of the proposed wider Macro-Je family, a placement that remains disputed, and its speakers belong to the Mamore-Guapore linguistic area, where contact has also left traces suggestive of ties to the Guaicuruan, Chiquitano, Cariban and Kariri languages.
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Proto-Language StatusReconstructed: Proto-Bororo reconstructions compiled by Camargos (2013) 1 In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Bororoan Languages
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction, first sentence
The Borôroan languages of Brazil and Bolivia are Borôro and the extinct Umotína, Kovareka, Kuruminaka and Otuke.
Proto-language section, first sentence
For a list of Proto-Bororo reconstructions by Camargos (2013), see the corresponding Portuguese article.
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