The Chorote languages form a small group of indigenous language varieties spoken primarily in northwestern
Argentina, and also in
Paraguay and far-southeastern
Bolivia
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. The languages are part of the
Matacoan family, and are most closely related to
Wichí.
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The classification of the languages of the South American Lowlands: State-of-the-art and challenges / Классификация языков востока Южной Америки
'. Illič-Svityč (Nostratic) Seminar / Ностратический семинар, Higher School of Economics, October 17, 2019. They are also known as ''Chorotí'', ''Yofúaha'', or ''Tsoloti''.
Languages
Gordon (2005) in ''
Ethnologue
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'' divides Chorote into the following two languages.
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Iyo’wujwa Chorote or Manhui (also known as ''Manjuy'')
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Iyojwa’ja Chorote or Eklenhui (also known as ''Eclenjuy, Eklehui, Chorote, Choroti'')
References
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Languages of Argentina
Languages of Bolivia
Languages of Paraguay
Matacoan languages
Chaco linguistic area