Machinere language

The Machinere language is an Arawakan language spoken by over 1,000 of the Machinere people. It is a Piro language and part of the Southern Maipuran language family. The language is highly similar to the Yine language.^[3] It is one of the official languages of Bolivia.^[4]

Machinere
Native to	Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
Ethnicity	967 Machinere (2012)[1]
Native speakers	(1,080 cited 1994–2004)[2]
Language family	Arawakan Southern Piro Machinere
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mpd
Glottolog	mach1268
ELP	Maxineri

Phonology

^[5]

	Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Dorsal
Plosive	p	t		k
Affricate		t͡s	t͡ʃ	c͡ç
Fricative		s	ʃ	x
Sonant	w	r		j
Nasal	m	n

^[6]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	o
Open	e	a

Orthography

It is written in the Latin script. The Bible was translated in Machinere in 1960.^[7]