Chorote
Geographic
distribution
Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
Linguistic classificationMatacoan
  • Chorote
Subdivisions
Glottologchor1274

The Chorote languages form a small group of indigenous language varieties spoken primarily in northwestern Argentina, and also in Paraguay and far-southeastern Bolivia. The languages are part of the Matacoan family, and are most closely related to Wichí.[1] They are also known as Chorotí, Yofúaha, or Tsoloti.

Languages

Gordon (2005) in Ethnologue divides Chorote into the following two languages.

References

  1. Nikulin, Andrey V. 2019. The classification of the languages of the South American Lowlands: State-of-the-art and challenges / Классификация языков востока Южной Америки. Illič-Svityč (Nostratic) Seminar / Ностратический семинар, Higher School of Economics, October 17, 2019.
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