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
The Lord's Prayer, also called the Our Father or Pater Noster, is a central Christian prayer which Jesus taught as the way to pray. Two versions of this prayer are recorded in the gospels: a longer form within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gosp ...
,
Ave Maria
The Hail Mary ( la, Ave Maria) is a traditional Christian prayer addressing Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, the mother of Jesus. The prayer is based on two biblical passages featured in the Gospel of Luke: the Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary (the Ann ...
, and
Nicene Creed
The original Nicene Creed (; grc-gre, Σύμβολον τῆς Νικαίας; la, Symbolum Nicaenum) was first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. In 381, it was amended at the First Council of Constantinople. The amended form is ...
.
The texts have also been analyzed by
Georges de Crequi-Montfort 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.
References
Sources
*Birchall
A look at the Rokorona language
Chapacuran languages
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