Yine language
| Yine | |
|---|---|
| Piro | |
| Piro | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈjine] |
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | Yine people, Manchineri |
Native speakers | (5,000 cited 2000–2004) |
| Dialects | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:pib – Yinempd – Machinere (Manitenére) |
| Glottolog | yine1238 Yinemach1268 Machinere |
| ELP | |
Yine is the principle variety of Piro, which is a Maipurean language spoken in Peru. It belongs to the Piro group which also includes the nearly extinct Iñapari and Apurinã. The Manchineri who live in Brazil (Acre) and reportedly also in Bolivia speak what may be a dialect of Yine (Aikhenvald, Kaufman). A vocabulary labeled Canamaré is "so close to Piro [Yine] as to count as Piro", but has been a cause of confusion with the unrelated Kanamarí language.