Bue Huitoto language
E1009175
Bue Huitoto is an indigenous Witotoan language spoken by the Huitoto people of the northwestern Amazon region, primarily in Colombia and Peru.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Indian language
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South American language ⓘ Witotoan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | indigenous Amazonian belief systems ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Huitoto cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contactLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country |
Republic of Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Huitoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bue
ⓘ
Minica Huitoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Muinane Witoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Mɨnɨca ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | linguistic descriptions and wordlists ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
home and community domains ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentCause | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
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head-marking language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
derivational suffixes
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person marking on verbs ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
tonal or pitch-accent distinctions (reported for Witotoan languages) ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | riverside settlements in the Amazon Basin ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | bwi ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Witotoan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| macroArea | South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Bora language
NERFINISHED
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Murui Huitoto language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nüpode Huitoto language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ocaina language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Huitoto linguistic continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySpeakersResidence |
Amazonas Department, Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Loreto Region, Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northwestern Amazon ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Huitoto people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
traditional ecological knowledge
ⓘ
transmission of Huitoto myths and cosmology ⓘ |
| usedIn |
daily communication within Huitoto communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.