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bora language
The BoraLanguage is a BoranLanguage of Peru. SIL code: BOA. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 2,000 to 2,500 in Peru (1998 SIL). Population total all countries: 2,500 to 3,000. Region: Northeast Yaguasyacu, Putumayo, Ampiyacu River area, five villages in Peru. Also spoken in Brazil, Colombia. Dialects: MIRANA. Comments: A distinct language from Bora Muinane but related. 94% intelligibility with Mirana. Dictionary. Grammar. SOV. Literacy rate in first language: 10% to 30%. Literacy rate in second language: 25% to 50%. NT 1982. Also spoken in: Brazil. (Language name: BORA.) Alternate names: BORO. Dialects: MIRANHA (MIRANA, MIRANIA). Comments: Mirana has 94% intelligibility with Bora. 457 Miran in Brazil (1986 SIL) no longer speak the language. SOV. Riverine. NT 1982. Also spoken in: Colombia. (Language name: BORA. Population: 500 in Colombia, including 100 or more Mirana and 400 other Bora. Alternate names: BORO. Dialects: MIRANA (MIRANHA), BORA. Comments: Mirana has 94% intelligibility with Bora. The Mirana want a school. SOV. Riverine. NT 1982.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancesboran languageA BoranLanguage is either of two closely related WitotoanLanguages, specifically the BoraLanguage or the MuinaneLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
 witotoan languageA WitotoanLanguage is any of six related languages found in Peru and Colombia that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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