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Minica Huitoto

Witoto mɨnɨca

Minica Huitoto is a Huitotoan language spoken in Colombia and Peru, by about 1,705 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Minica Huitoto · 1.5°S 73.1°W

Minica Huitoto (Mɨnɨka) is one of three indigenous American Huitoto languages of the Witotoan family spoken by a few thousand speakers in western South America.

It is spoken in the Upper Igara-Paraná river area, along the Caquetá River at the Isla de los Monos, and the Caguán River near San Vicente del Caguán. There is 75% literacy in Colombia and 85% are literate in Spanish; most are bilingual. There is a dictionary and grammar rules.

There are only five speakers in Peru, where it has official standing within its community.

From Wikipedia · Minica Huitoto language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Minica Huitoto

MeaningWordRomanization
womanrɯ́-ŋo
personkomunu*
namemameku*
eyeuihu*
earhefo*
nosedofo*
toothi8ido*
tongueiufe*
handonou*
blooddue*
boneikuru*
skinigorau*
kneekai5uku*
breastmonou*
liverbanoi*
waterjaɨnoi
fireirai*
sunhitoma*
starukudu*
stonenofuku*
mountainkaifonedu*
treeamena*
leafrabe*
nightnau*
doghuko*
fishZukuau*
louseuboma*
oneda*
twomena*
Ikue*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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