Rocorona language

Ocorono
Rocorona
Region	Bolivia
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Chapacuran (unclassified) Ocorono
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	roco1235

Ocorono, or Rocorona, is an extinct language of Bolivia, possibly of the Chapacuran family.

Birchall (2013) presents an in-depth analysis of surviving Rocorona texts from Jesuit missions in Bolivia, namely the Lord's Prayer, Ave Maria, and Nicene Creed.^[1] The texts have also been analyzed by Georges de Crequi-Montfort and Paul Rivet (1913).^[2]

Phonology

Consonants

Rokorona consonants^[1]

	Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p	t			k	(ʔ)
Fricative		s	ʃ/ʒ ⟨ʒ⟩[a]
Nasal	m	n		(ɲ) ⟨ñ⟩[b]
Tap
Glide

Notes

1. Is more likely to be IPA [ʃ] based on comparison with other Chapacuran languages, but exact articulation unknown
2. May not be a distinct phoneme

References

1. Birchall, Joshua (2013). "A look at the Rokorona language". STUF - Language Typology and Universals. 66 (3). doi:10.1524/stuf.2013.0013. ISSN 2196-7148.
2. de Créqui-Montfort, Georges and Paul Rivet. 1913. Linguistique Bolivienne: La Famille Linguistique Čapakura. Journal de la Société des Américanistes X: 119-172.

Sources

• Birchall, A look at the Rokorona language