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Witoto
Huitoto
RegionColombia and Peru
EthnicityWitoto peoples
Native speakers
7,400–8,200 (2004)[1]
Language family
Witotoan
  • Witoto
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
hto – Minica
huu – Murui
hux – Nüpode
Glottolognucl1659

Witoto, Huitoto or Uitoto is an indigenous American language spoken by the Witoto people, an indigenous group living in Colombia and in the neighbouring region of northern Peru. It is part of the Witotoan language family.

  1. ^ Adelaar & Muysken (2004:613)

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Witoto, Huitoto or Uitoto is an indigenous American language spoken by the Witoto people, an indigenous group living in Colombia and in the neighbouring...

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The Witoto (also Huitoto or Uitoto) are an Indigenous people in southern Colombia and northern Peru. The Witoto people were once composed of 100 villages...

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Witotoan languages

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occasionally known as Huitoto–Ocaina to distinguish it from Bora–Witoto) is a small language family of southeastern Colombia (Amazonas Department) and the...

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Languages of Colombia

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Bora–Witoto, Guajiboan, Arawakan, Cariban, Barbacoan, and Saliban language families. There are currently about 850,000 speakers of native languages, however...

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Murui Huitoto language

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Huitoto (or simply Murui also known as Bue, Witoto Murui or Witoto) is an indigenous American Huitoto language of the Witotoan family. Murui is spoken by...

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Boran languages

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also to the Nipode language (Witoto Muinane) of the Witotoan family. Aschmann (1993) proposed that the Boran and Witotoan language families were related...

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Languages of Peru

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languages and isolated languages. In northern Peru, there are 5 small families of languages: Cahuapana, Jívara, Zápara, Peba-yagua, and Bora-witoto....

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Bora language

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their second language of Spanish. [citation needed] Early linguistic investigators thought that Bora was related to the Huitoto (Witoto) language, but there...

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Minica Huitoto language

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

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Koihoma language

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Witotoan language of Peru. In Steven Spielberg's film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Indiana Jones identifies Koihoma language on...

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Indigenous languages of South America

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the languages of South America. As is the case worldwide, the majority of South American languages, such as Andean languages and Bora–Witoto languages, predominantly...

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Choco languages

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similarities with the Guahibo, Kamsa, Paez, Tukano, Witoto-Okaina, Yaruro, Chibchan, and Bora-Muinane language families due to contact. Genetic links between...

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Classification of the Indigenous languages of the Americas

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Vilela-Chulupí Witóto Xíbaro (Shiwora, Shuara) Xiraxara Yahgan Yaruro Yunka Yurakáre Yuri Záparo Je (Ge) Classification of South American languages by J. Alden...

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List of language families

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Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...

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Tucanoan languages

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Arutani, Paez, Sape, Taruma, Witoto-Okaina, Saliba-Hodi, Tikuna-Yuri, Pano, Barbakoa, Bora-Muinane, and Choko language families due to contact. There...

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Yaruro language

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similarities with the Saliba-Hodi, Arawak, Bora-Muinane, Choko, Witoto-Okaina, and Waorani language families due to contact. Loukotka (1968) lists the following...

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Zaparoan languages

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Zaparoan. Gordon (2005) follows Stark. Mason (1950: 236–238) groups Bora–Witoto, Tupian, and Zaparoan together as part of a proposed Macro-Tupí-Guaranían...

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Arawakan languages

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Puinave-Nadahup, Taruma, Tupi, Urarina, Witoto-Okaina, Yaruro, Zaparo, Saliba-Hodi, and Tikuna-Yuri language families due to contact. However, these similarities...

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Putumayo Department

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areas to tribes that spoke Tukano languages (such as the Siona), and the eastern to tribes that spoke Witoto languages. Part of the Kamentxá territory was...

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Pijao language

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(2016) also notes that there are lexical similarities with the Witoto-Okaina languages. amé tree homéro bow sumén to drink čaguála canoe kahírre dog alamán...

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Cariban languages

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The Cariban languages are a family of languages indigenous to north-eastern South America. They are widespread across northernmost South America, from...

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Indigenous peoples of Peru

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Amazon: Loreto Region Uru, Andes: Lake Titicaca Huanca, Andes: Junín Region Witoto (Huitoto), Amazon, northern Peru Yagua, Amazon: northeastern Peru Yaminawá...

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