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Moxo | |
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Mojos | |
Native to | Bolivia |
Region | Beni Department |
Ethnicity | 21,000 Moxo people (2004)[1] |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2000–2004)[1] |
Arawakan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:ign – Ignaciano Moxostrn – Trinitario Moxos |
Glottolog | moxo1234 Mojenomagi1242 Magiana |
Moxo (also known as Mojo, pronounced 'Moho') is any of the Arawakan languages spoken by the Moxo people of the Llanos de Moxos in northeastern Bolivia. The two extant languages of the Moxo people, Trinitario and Ignaciano, are as distinct from one another as they are from neighboring Arawakan languages. The extinct Magiana was also distinct.
Moxo languages have an active–stative syntax.[2]It's one of the National Languages of Bolivia