Mocoví language

The Mocoví language is a Guaicuruan language of Argentina spoken by about 3,000 people, mostly in Santa Fe province.[1]

Mocoví
Native toArgentina
EthnicityMocoví (2004)[1]
Native speakers
3,000 (2011)[1]
Guaicuruan
  • Southern
    • Mocoví
Language codes
ISO 639-3moc
Glottologmoco1246
ELPMocoví

In 2010, the province of Chaco in Argentina declared Mocoví as one of four provincial official languages alongside Spanish and the indigenous Qom and Wichí.[2]

Phonology

Consonants

The following are the consonants of Mocoví:[3]

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive/
Affricate		 plain p t t͡ʃ k q ʔ
voiced d d͡ʒ ɡ ɢ
Fricative s ʃ h
Flap ɾ
Lateral l ʎ
Glide w j

Vowels

Gualdieri (1998) gives the following vowels:[3]

Front Central Back
High i iː
Mid e eː o oː
Low a aː

Notes
  1. Mocoví at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Ley No. 6604 de la Provincia de Chaco, 28 de julio de 2010, B.O., (9092), Link Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Gualdieri (1998), p. 27

References
  • Grondona, Verónica María (1998). A grammar of Mocoví (PDF) (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). University of Pittsburgh.
  • Gualdieri, Cecilia B. (1998). Mocovi (Guaicuru): fonologia e morfossintaxe (Thesis). Universidade Estadual de Campinas.


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