Boran languages
Boran is a small language family, consisting of just two languages.Languages
The two Boran languages are:
Loukotka also lists Nonuya, spoken at the sources of the Cahuinari River, as a Boran language. Only a few words were documented.
Synonymy note:
- The name Muiname has been used to refer to the Muinane language of the Boran family and also to the Nipode language of the Witotoan family.
Aschmann proposed that the Boran and Witotoan language families were related, in a ''Bora–Witoto stock. Echeverri & Seifart refute the connection.Jolkesky notes that there are lexical similarities with the Choko, Guahibo, Tukano, Witoto-Okaina, Yaruro, Arawak, and Tupi language families due to contact in the Caquetá River basin region.Vocabulary
lists the following basic vocabulary items.Proto-language
Proto-Bora–Muinane reconstructions by Seifart and Echeverri :
