Bororoan languages


The Borôroan languages of Brazil are Borôro and the extinct Umotína and Otuke. They form part of the proposed Macro-Jê language family.
They are called the Borotuke languages by Mason, a portmanteau of Bororo and Otuke.
Kaufman suggests a relationship with the Chiquitano language.

Language contact

Jolkesky notes that there are lexical similarities with the Guato, Karib, Kayuvava, Nambikwara, and Tupi language families due to contact.
Cariban influence in Bororoan languages was due to the later southward expansion of Cariban speakers into Bororoan territory. Ceramic technology was also adopted from Cariban speakers. Similarly, Cariban borrowings are also present in the Karajá languages. Karajá speakers had also adopted ceramic technology from Cariban speakers.
Similarities with Cayuvava are due to the expansion of Bororoan speakers into the Chiquitania region.

Languages

The relationship between the languages is,
See Otuke for various additional varieties of the Chiquito Plains in Bolivia which may have been dialects of it, such as Kovare and Kurumina.
There are other recorded groups that may have spoken languages or dialects closer to Borôro, such as Aravirá, but nothing is directly known about these languages:
lists the following basic vocabulary items.

Proto-language

For a list of Proto-Bororo reconstructions by, see the corresponding :pt:Línguas bororos|Portuguese article.

Cariban influence

Below are some examples of Cariban influence on the vocabulary of Proto-Bororo and Kariri: