Minica Huitoto
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| Minica Huitoto | ||
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| Spoken in: | Colombia, Perú | |
| Total speakers: | 1,705 (2000 WCD) | |
| Language family: | American Witotoan Witoto Witoto Proper Minica-Murui Minica Huitoto |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | hto | |
| ISO 639-3: | hto | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Minica Huitoto (mee-nee-kah wee-toh-toh) 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 in Spanish; most are bilingual. There is a dictionary and grammar rules.[2]
There are only five speakers in Perú, where it has official standing within its community.[3]
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- ^ Ethnologue report for language code:hto
- ^ Ethnologue report for language code:hto
- ^ Ethnologue report for language code:hto
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