The languages belong to a group of tribes that originally ranged through the upper Mamoré, extending east and west from the Guapure (Itenes) to the Beni, and are now centered in the Province of Moxos, Department of Beni, Bolivia.
[3] They form part of the Mamoré-Guaporé linguistic area.
[6] Ignaciano is used in town meetings unless outsiders are present, and it is a required subject in the lower school grades, one session per week.
The Moxo languages are most closely related to Bauré, Pauna, and Paikoneka.
Classification by Jolkesky (2016):[7]: 8 Classification by Danielsen (2011) and Danielsen & Terhart (2014: 226):[8][9] The following is a wordlist containing sample words from English to Moxos: Magíana word list from the late 1700s published in Palau and Saiz (1989):[12]: 170