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

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family. Birchall (2013) presents an in-depth analysis of surviving Rocorona texts from Jesuit missions in Bolivia, namely the

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, and

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. The texts have also been analyzed by

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and

Paul Rivet Paul Rivet (7 May 1876, Wasigny, Ardennes – 21 March 1958) was a French ethnologist known for founding the Musée de l'Homme in 1937. In his professional work, Rivet is known for his theory that South America was originally populated in p ...

(1913).de Créqui-Montfort, Georges and Paul Rivet. 1913
Linguistique Bolivienne: La Famille Linguistique Čapakura
''Journal de la Société des Américanistes'' X: 119-172.

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*Birchall
A look at the Rokorona language
Chapacuran languages {{na-lang-stub