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 (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
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | rɯ́-ŋo | |
| person | komunu* | |
| name | mameku* | |
| eye | uihu* | |
| ear | hefo* | |
| nose | dofo* | |
| tooth | i8ido* | |
| tongue | iufe* | |
| hand | onou* | |
| blood | due* | |
| bone | ikuru* | |
| skin | igorau* | |
| knee | kai5uku* | |
| breast | monou* | |
| liver | banoi* | |
| water | jaɨnoi | |
| fire | irai* | |
| sun | hitoma* | |
| star | ukudu* | |
| stone | nofuku* | |
| mountain | kaifonedu* | |
| tree | amena* | |
| leaf | rabe* | |
| night | nau* | |
| dog | huko* | |
| fish | Zukuau* | |
| louse | uboma* | |
| one | da* | |
| two | mena* | |
| I | kue* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Nüpode HuitotoHuitotoan83% alike
- Murui HuitotoHuitotoan70% alike
- NonuyaHuitotoan16% alike
- OcainaHuitotoan15% alike
- BolonganAustronesian10% alike
- Liuqian ZhuangTai-Kadai10% alike
Grammar
- Murui HuitotoHuitotoan86% alike
- Western Canadian InuktitutEskimo-Aleut83% alike
- YandruwandhaPama-Nyungan83% alike
- MillcayacHuarpean82% alike
- MuthuvanDravidian81% alike
- GofaTa-Ne-Omotic80% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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