Nüpode Huitoto language

Nüpode Huitoto
Spoken in Peru
Native speakers 100  (date missing)
Language family
Writing system Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 hux
Nüpode Huitoto
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Nüpode Huitoto or Nɨpode is an indigenous American language spoken in western South America. It has occasionally been referred to as Muinane Witoto, not to be confused with the related Muinane language.

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Classification

Nüpode Huitoto belongs to the Witotoan language family. Along with Mɨnɨca and Murai it is one of the three Witoto Proper languages.

Geographic distribution

Nüpode Huitito is spokenby just one hundred people in the South American country of Perú's northeastern Loreto province, where it has official standing. Speakers also use the other two Huitoto languages (Murui and Minica). It is written using the roman alphabet and has had some bible portions translated into it in addition to a dictionary and grammar rules.

Phonology

Consonants

  Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar/
Palatal		 Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive p b t d tʃ dʒ k ɡ ʔ
Implosive ɓ ɗ
Fricative β h
Flap r

Vowels

Muinane vowel phonemes
  Front Central Back
High i ɨ u
Low e a o

References