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The Jesuit Missions of Moxos are located in the Llanos de Moxos of Beni department in eastern Bolivia. Distinguished by a unique fusion of European and Amerindian cultural influences, the missions were founded as reductions or reducciones de indios by Jesuits in the 17th and 18th centuries to convert local tribes to Christianity.




History


Jesuit priests arriving from Santa Cruz de la Sierra began evangelizing native peoples of the region in the 1670s. They set up a series of missions near the Mamoré River for this purpose beginning with Loreto. The principal mission was established at Trinidad in 1686.
In Moxos, books provided the Jesuits with information
vital to the mission development.




List of missions


Meireles (1989) lists the following Jesuit missions of Moxos along with their respective ethnic groups (tribes).: 78–79  Founding dates and a few more additional missions are from Block (1994).: 39 




Languages


The following indigenous languages, which make up much of the Mamoré-Guaporé linguistic area, were historically spoken in the missions.: 11  Moxo was the primary lingua franca (Spanish: lengua general) used in the missions.: 13 

Arawakan languages
Moxo, spoken by the Mojeños
Baure, spoken by the Baure people
Canichana, spoken by the Canichana people
Movima, spoken by the Movima people
Cayuvava, spoken by the Cayuvava people
Itonama, spoken by the Itonama people
Tsimané, spoken by the Tsimané people
Mure (extinct)
Chapacuran languages
Itene
Chapacura (extinct)
Napeca (extinct)
Rocorona (extinct)
Quitemo (extinct)
Tacanan languages
Reyesano (or Maropa)




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See also


List of Jesuit sites
List of Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos
Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos
Llanos de Moxos (archaeology)
Mojeños




References

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• Perang Fantastis
• Jesuit Missions of Moxos
• Moxos
• Jesuit missions among the Guaraní
• Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos
• Llanos de Moxos
• Moxo languages
• Mojeños
• Trinidad, Beni
• Lists of Spanish colonial missions of the Roman Catholic Church in the Americas
• List of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos