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Secoya

Paikoka

Secoya is a Tucanoan language spoken in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, by about 1,200 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Secoya · 0.5°S 75.6°W

Secoya (also known as Sieko Coca, Paicoca and Airo Pãi) is a Western Tucanoan language spoken by the Secoya people of Ecuador and Peru.

Included among the Secoya are a number of people called Angoteros. Although their language comprises only some dialectal differences of Secoya, there are no other communicative obstacles present. The Siona of the Eno River, linguistically different from the Siona of the Putumayo, say there are significant dialectal differences between their language and Secoya, but are still considered a part of them. In ethnographic publications, the Secoya go by other alternate names as well: Encabellado, Pioje (meaning "no" in Secoya), Santa Maria, and Angutera.

From Wikipedia · Secoya language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Si'apai aide'oyë kua'ye peoye kui'ne siayë'kë maka pa'iye kui'ne tutupaye koni, jaje kuasase'sëtepi kuaju'i'ne peoye ñese saiye pa'iji ko̱kaijë yekë paireje.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Secoya

MeaningWordRomanization
womandõmĩ-'o
personbai*
namemami*
eyeyakwa*
earkahado*
noseokwep3*
toothkohi*
tonguesemeyo*
handh3t3*
bloodsie*
bonetadap3*
skinkadi*
kneed3kasika*
breastoheyo*
liverseme*
wateroko
firetoa*
sun3s3*
starmayoko*
stonek3da*
mountainkotiw3*
treesok3y3*
leafha7o*
nightyami*
doghoyayai*
fishwa7i*
lousek373*
onete7e*
twokayaye*
Iy373*

* 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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