| Bora | |
|---|---|
| Meamuyna | |
| Native to | Peru, Colombia |
| Ethnicity | Bora people |
Native speakers | 2,400 (2000)[1] |
Bora–Witoto?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | boa |
| Glottolog | bora1263 |
| ELP | Bora |
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Bora is an indigenous language of South America spoken in the western region of Amazon rainforest. Bora is a tonal language which, other than the Ticuna language, is a unique trait in the region.
The majority of its speakers reside in Peru and Colombia. Around 2,328 Bora speakers live in the areas of the northeast Yaguasyacu, Putumayo and Ampiyacu rivers of Peru. There are about 500 speakers of Bora also in Colombia in the Putumayo Department. Peruvian speakers have a 10 to 30% literacy rate and a 25 to 50% literacy rate in their second language of Spanish. [citation needed]
Early linguistic investigators thought that Bora was related to the Huitoto (Witoto) language, but there is very little similarity between the two. The confusion was most likely due to the frequent intermarriage between the tribes and the Ocaina dialect of Witotoan which has many Bora words.
- ^ Bora at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)