| Piro | |
|---|---|
| Piro | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈjine] |
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | Yine people, Manchineri |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2000–2004)[1] |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:pib – Yinempd – Machinere (Manitenére) |
| Glottolog | yine1238 Yinemach1268 Machinere |
| ELP | |
Piro is a Maipurean language spoken in Peru. It belongs to the Piro group which also includes Iñapari (†) and Apurinã. The principal variety is Yine. The Manchineri who live in Brazil (Acre) and reportedly also in Bolivia speak what may be a dialect of Yine (Aikhenvald, Kaufman). A vocabulary labeled Canamaré is "so close to Piro [Yine] as to count as Piro", but has been a cause of confusion with the unrelated Kanamarí language.[2]
- ^ Yine at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Machinere (Manitenére) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Harald Hammarström (2013) Review of the Ethnologue, 16th Ed.