| Minica Huitoto | |
|---|---|
| Mɨnɨka | |
| Native to | Colombia,Peru |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2008)[1] |
Bora–Witoto ?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hto |
| Glottolog | mini1256 |
| ELP | Minica Huitoto |
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Minica Huitoto (Mɨnɨka) is one of three indigenous American Huitoto languages of the Witotoan family spoken by a few thousand speakers in western South America.[1]
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 inSpanish; most are bilingual. There is a dictionary and grammar rules.[1]
There are only five speakers inPeru, where it has official standing within its community.[1]
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɯ | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a | |||
However, Ávila's 2018 analysis yields a different chart.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | θ | x | ||
| voiced | β | |||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
Minica Huitoto has a mobileaccent that falls on either the first or second syllable in a word with more than two syllables. This accent does not move when a suffix is added. The syllables of bisyllabic roots are either both accented, or the first is.[6]
| a | b | c | ch | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | ll | m | n | ñ | ng | o | p | q | r | t | u | v | ɨ | z |
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