Minica_Huitoto_language

Minica Huitoto language

Minica Huitoto language

Indigenous American Huitoto language

Minica (Mɨnɨka) Huitoto is one of three indigenous American Huitoto languages of the Witotoan family spoken by a few thousand speakers in western South America.[1]

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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.[1]

There are only five speakers in Perú, where it has official standing within its community.[1]

Phonology

Vowels

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Consonants

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  • Stops /b, d, ɡ/ may also be prenasalized as [ᵐb, ⁿd, ᵑɡ] in word-initial position.
  • Labial consonants /b, ɸ, m/ may also be heard as labialized [bʷ, ɸʷ, mʷ] before the back-close vowel /ɯ/.[2]

Writing system

Minica Huitoto alphabet[3]
abcchd efghi jllmnñ ngopqr tuvɨz

Notes

  1. [1]
    Minica Huitoto at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Ávila, Youlín (2018). Las vocales en sílabas CV orales acentuadas del mɨnɨka hablado en Bogotá: una descripción fonética acústica. Bogotá, Colombia: Instituto Caro y Cuervo. pp. 16–17.
  3. [3]
    "Vocabulario bilingüe: huitoto-español, español-huitoto (dialecto mɨnɨca)". SIL International. 24 January 2013.


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