Murui Huitoto
Murui Huitoto is a Huitotoan language spoken in Colombia and Peru, by about 2,900 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Murui Huitoto (or simply Murui), also known as Bue, Witoto Murui, or Witoto, is an indigenous American Huitoto language of the Witotoan family, spoken by one of the Witoto peoples of Colombia and Peru in South America.
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Written down
Nana caɨ comuillamona dama caɨ abido itɨcaɨ. Caɨ comuillamona jɨaɨmɨe anamo iñedɨcaɨ. Nana daje facaiconi itɨcaɨ. Abɨ uiñuanona comuidɨcaɨ. Danɨ coninɨrie caɨ nabairilla.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Murui Huitoto
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | rɯ-ɲo | |
| person | kome* | |
| name | iku* | |
| eye | uisu* | |
| ear | hefo* | |
| nose | dofo* | |
| tooth | isido* | |
| tongue | iufe* | |
| hand | onou* | |
| blood | durue* | |
| bone | ilauku* | |
| skin | abuigou* | |
| knee | kan5ukuufogu* | |
| breast | monou* | |
| liver | banoi* | |
| water | jɨnuì | |
| fire | irau* | |
| sun | hitoma* | |
| star | ukudu* | |
| stone | nofuku* | |
| mountain | anedu* | |
| tree | amena* | |
| leaf | rabe* | |
| night | nauona* | |
| dog | huko* | |
| fish | lukuau* | |
| louse | uboma* | |
| one | da- | |
| two | mena* | |
| I | kwe* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Minica HuitotoHuitotoan70% alike
- Nüpode HuitotoHuitotoan63% alike
- NonuyaHuitotoan15% alike
- OcainaHuitotoan14% alike
- Gelao MulaoTai-Kadai10% alike
- FyamAtlantic-Congo10% alike
Grammar
- Minica HuitotoHuitotoan86% alike
- TuvinianTurkic81% alike
- AmahuacaPano-Tacanan80% alike
- KaniteNuclear Trans New Guinea80% alike
- Khumi ChinSino-Tibetan80% alike
- MalavedanDravidian79% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · muru1274 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · huu