Minica Huitoto
| Minica Huitoto | |
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| Mɨnɨka | |
| Native to | Colombia, Perú |
Native speakers | 6,800 (2002)[1] |
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Bora–Witoto
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
hto |
| Glottolog |
mini1256[2] |
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.[3]
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.[3]
There are only five speakers in Perú, where it has official standing within its community.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Minica Huitoto at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Minica Huitoto". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 1 2 3 Ethnologue report for language code:hto
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