Murui Huitoto language

E1009174

The Murui Huitoto language is an indigenous Witotoan language of the Huitoto people of the northwestern Amazon, primarily spoken in parts of Colombia and Peru.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Minica Huitoto language 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Indian language
Witotoan language
indigenous language
belongsTo Huitoto cultural area NERFINISHED
continent South America
country Colombia
Peru
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Huitoto NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Huitoto Murui
Muinane Witoto NERFINISHED
Murui NERFINISHED
Murui Huitoto NERFINISHED
Witoto Murui NERFINISHED
hasDomain kinship terminology
mythology
traditional ecological knowledge
hasLanguageStatus recognized indigenous language in Colombia
recognized indigenous language in Peru
hasLinguisticClassification primary branch of Witotoan
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone (reported for some Witotoan varieties)
hasSpeakerCommunity indigenous communities along Caquetá River
indigenous communities along Putumayo River
hasSpeakersIn Amazonas Department, Colombia NERFINISHED
Loreto Region, Peru NERFINISHED
hasTypology agglutinative language
hasWordOrder SOV
isMinorityLanguageIn Colombia NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
ISO639-3Code huu
isPartOf Huitoto macrolanguage NERFINISHED
languageFamily Witotoan
region northwestern Amazon
spokenBy Huitoto people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Colombia NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
usedAlongside Spanish NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication in Huitoto communities
oral tradition
ritual practices
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Huitoto people usesLanguage Murui Huitoto language
Huitoto people usesLanguage Murui Huitoto language
this entity surface form: Minica Huitoto language