| Otuke | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil,Bolivia |
| Region | Mato Grosso;Santa Cruz |
| Extinct | c. 1920s[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | otu |
| Glottolog | otuk1240 |
Otuke (Otuque, Otuqui) is an extinct language of theMacro-Jê family, related toBororo. Otuke territory included what is now theOtuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area in eastern Bolivia.
Combès (2012) suggests that -toki ~ -tuki ~ -tuke (also present in the ethynonymGorgotoqui) is likely related to theBororo animate plural suffix -doge (i.e., used to form plural nouns for ethnic groups). Hence, the nameOtuqui (Otuke) was likely etymologically related to the nameGorgotoqui.[2]
Several attested extinct Bororoan varieties were either dialects of Otuke or closely related:[3]
Chiquitano speakers also lived in many of the missions.[3]
(SeeJesuit Missions of Chiquitos for locations.)
Mason (1950) says the first four are "separate and very different", but Loukotka (1968) notes that nothing is known of Curave or Curucane (or of Tapii), that only 14 words of Curumina and 19 of Covare have been preserved.[3]
Mason (1950) lists the following varieties of Otuke:[4]
Mason (1950) notes that Tapii may have been either Otukean orZamucoan.
The following are listed as Bororo varieties by Mason (1950):
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