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Tsimane Indian Language (Chimane)

Tsimane is a language isolate of South America, not known to be related to any other living language. It is spoken by around 5000 people in Bolivia. One Tsimane dialect, called Moseten, is different enough that some linguists consider it a separate language. Tsimane has primarily SVO word order.

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Tsimane Language Resources

Indigenous languages of Bolivia:
Map showing where in Bolivia the Chimani language is spoken.

Tsimane Prayers:

Tsimane Hail Mary:
Translations of Christian prayers into Moseten/Chimane.

Moseten-Chon Languages:
Wikipedia article about the proposed relationship between Chimane and the Chon languages.

House of Languages: Chimane:
Information about Chimane language usage.

Tsimané:
Demographic information about Tsimane from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Mosetén Language Tree:
Theories about Tsimane's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Moseten Language Structures:
Moseten linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

Lengua Mosetén:
Overview of the Mosetén and Tsimane languages in Spanish, including language maps of Bolivia.

UDHR: T'Simane:
Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into Tsimane.

Links, References, and Additional Information

    Tsimané:
    Encyclopedia articles about the Tsimanes.
    Los Tsimane

Pueblo Tsimane:
Information about the Tsimane tribe in Spanish.

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