Minika Witoto language
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Name (Latin)
Minika Witoto language
Other forms of name
Huitoto Meneca language
Meneca language
Meneka language
Minica Huitoto language
Minica language
Minika language
Noaiko-Muína language
Southern Witoto language
Witoto Meneca language
See Also From tracing topical name
Witotoan languages
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Colombia
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q948514
Library of congress:
sh2021005665
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Vivas, Selnich. Abina ñue onóiyeza, 2019:title page (poemas en minika, alemán y español) (= poems in Minika, German and Spanish) page 14 (Among the speakers of Minika and other related languages (Nipode, Bue and Mika) there is a group of approximately 7,343 people who live between Colombia and Peru, in the Caqueta, Igaraparana, Caraparana and Putumayo rivers, and in the vicinity of Leticia, Amazon)
- Ethnologue, 2021(Witoto, Minika, a language of Colombia; ISO 639-3 hto; alt. names: Huitoto Meneca, Meneca, Meneka, Mɨnɨca, Mɨnɨca Huitoto, Minika, Noaiko-Muína, Southern Witoto, Witoto Meneca; Classification: Witotoan, Proto-Huitoto-Ocaina, Early Huitoto, Proto-Minica-Murai; Minika also variant name of Manyika language)
Wikipedia description:
Minica Huitoto (Mɨnɨka) is one of three indigenous American Huitoto languages of the Witotoan family spoken by a few thousand speakers in western South America. 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. There are only five speakers in Peru, where it has official standing within its community.
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