Hitnu
Hitnu is a Guahiboan language spoken in Colombia, by about 513 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Macaguán (Hitnü) is a Guahiban language that was spoken by about 400 people in Colombia. Many of its speakers are monolingual.
It is spoken by the Hitnü on the La Vorágine and San José de Lipa indigenous reservations in the municipality of Arauca in Puerto Rondón.
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Words in Hitnu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | warapénɨ | |
| person | pekui* | |
| name | w3n* | |
| eye | tput* | |
| ear | mkorat* | |
| nose | pum* | |
| tooth | wawan* | |
| tongue | brato* | |
| hand | ko* | |
| blood | hana* | |
| bone | Cit* | |
| skin | per3* | |
| knee | matiakuerat* | |
| breast | mit* | |
| liver | iapat* | |
| water | men | |
| fire | penarrutabia* | |
| sun | kotiyonohe* | |
| star | harwat* | |
| stone | ibot* | |
| mountain | cerit* | |
| tree | neha* | |
| leaf | nopat* | |
| night | merio* | |
| dog | awil* | |
| fish | bopi | |
| louse | tarat* | |
| one | ken3* | |
| two | penakueCabe* | |
| I | kan* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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