Siona-Tetete

Gantëya coca

Siona-Tetete is a Tucanoan language spoken in Colombia and Ecuador, by about 550 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Siona (also spelled Ceona or Zeona and also known as Bain Coca, Pioje, Pioche-Sioni, Ganteyabain, Ganteya, Koka and Kanú) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia and Ecuador. Ecuadorian Siona and Colombian Siona, as well as Secoya, have a high level of mutual intelligibility, but have some lexical, morphological, and phonological differences between them.

As of 2013, Siona is spoken by about 550 people.

From Wikipedia · Siona language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Sia'bai̱ aideo'yë goa'ye beoye gu̱i'ne sia'yë'quë maca bai'ye gu̱i'ne quëco baye co̱ni, ja̱je̱ goachase'sëte goa'ju̱i'ñe beoye ñese saiye bai'ji co̱caijë yequë bai̱reje.

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

Words in Siona-Tetete

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	dõ'mĩ-go
person	pai*
name	mami*
eye	yakoga*
ear	gahodo*
nose	ukweb3*
tooth	guhiy3*
tongue	zemeyo*
hand	3t3sada*
blood	zie*
bone	go7ab3*
skin	ganiw3*
knee	sikiba*
breast	oheb3*
liver	zemeb3*
water	oko
fire	toa*
sun	3s3g3*
star	maCoko*
stone	gatab3*
mountain	kub3*
tree	sukiy3*
leaf	ha7owa*
night	yami*
dog	hoyayai*
fish	wa7i*
louse	g373*
one	te7e*
two	samu*
I	y373*