Witoto language

{{Short description|Language family of Colombia and Peru}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Witoto

|nativename=Huitoto

|region=Colombia and Peru

|ethnicity=Witoto peoples

|speakers={{sigfig|7380|2}}–{{sigfig|8160|2}}

|date=2004

|ref=Adelaar & Muysken (2004:613)

|familycolor=American

|fam1=Witotoan

|script=Latin

|lc1=hto|ld1=Minica

|lc2=huu|ld2=Murui

|lc3=hux|ld3=Nüpode

|glotto=nucl1659

|glottorefname=Nuclear Witotoan

}}

File:Bora-Witoto.png

Witoto, Huitoto or Uitoto is an indigenous American language spoken by the Witoto people, an indigenous group living in Colombia and in the neighbouring region of northern Peru. It is part of the Witotoan language family.

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References

{{sister project |project=wiktionary |text=Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Witoto word list}}

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  • {{cite book |author=Adelaar, Willem F. H. |author2=Muysken, Pieter C. |year=2004 |title=The Languages of the Andes |publisher=Cambridge University Press}}

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Category:Witoto

Category:Bora–Witoto languages

Category:Languages of Colombia

Category:Languages of Peru

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