Trinitario language

Trinitario
Trinitario
Trinitario-Javeriano-Loretano
Native to	Bolivia
Ethnicity	30,000 Trinitario people (2012)
Native speakers	3,140 (2012)
Language family	Arawakan Southern Bolivia–Parana Moxo languages Trinitario; ; ; ;
Dialects	Trinitario; Javierano; Loretano;
Official status
Official language in	Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	trn
Glottolog	trin1274
ELP	Trinitario

Trinitario is an Arawakan language of the Moxo subgroup, spoken in Bolivia by the Trinitario people, where it is an official language.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants in Trinitario Mojeno
	Labial			Alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Glottal
	plain	pal.	lab.	plain	pal.	Palatal	plain	pal.	plain	pal.	lab.
Nasal	m	mʲ	mʷ	n		ɲ
Stop	p	pʲ		t		c	k	kʲ	ʔ	ʔʲ
Affricate				ts	tsʲ	tʃ
Fricative				s	sʲ	ç			h	hʲ	hʷ
Liquid				ɾ	ɾʲ
Approximant	w	β̞ʲ				j

/h/ can be voiced as [ɦ] between vowels.
/w/ can be heard as [β] before a front vowel, and as [ɥ] when preceding /j/.^[3]

^ Crevels, Mily (2012-01-13), Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (eds.), "Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking", The Indigenous Languages of South America, DE GRUYTER, pp. 167–234, doi:10.1515/9783110258035.167, ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3, retrieved 2026-05-07{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
^ "Justia Bolivia :: Nueva Constitución Política Del Estado > PRIMERA PARTE > TÍTULO I > CAPÍTULO PRIMERO :: Ley de Bolivia". bolivia.justia.com. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
^ ^a ^b Rose, Françoise (2021). Mojeño Trinitario. Illustrations of the IPA: Journal of the International Phonetic Association.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

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