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Vocabulary Words in the Witotoan Language Family

These words are not spelled phonetically--each word is spelled according to the orthography of its own language, so if you're not familiar with these languages you will need to follow the links to see how to pronounce them. We are working on a second chart transcribed into IPA symbols. We have included twenty basic words, enough to give you a feeling for each language. All the nouns are singular and all the verbs are 3rd person singular ("he or she sings") because many Native American languages don't have a separate infinitive ("to sing") the way English and French do.

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Witotoan Word Sets

English/Français/Español	Bora	Minica Witoto	Murui Witoto	Nipode Witoto
One/Un/Uno	Tsane	Da	Daje	Da
Two/Deux/Dos	Míñéécuú	Ména	Mena	Ména
Three/Trois/Tres	Pápihchúú	Da'ámani	Daje amani	Da'ámani
Four/Quatre/Cuatro	Píínéehójtsí	Naga ámade	Naga amaga	Pugoménari'e
Five/Cinq/Cinco	Tsáhojtsí	Jubekuiro	Dabecuìro	Hubéba
Man/Homme/Hombre	Wajpi	Uima	Üima	Uima
Woman/Femme/Mujer	Walle	Rungo	Rüño	Rungo
Dog/Chien/Perro	Oojííbye	Juco	Jüco	Huko
Sun/Soleil/Sol	Nuhba	Jitoma	Jitoma	Hidoma
Moon/Lune/Luna	Pécóejpi nuhba	Fu'ui	Fübuì	Pubu'i
Water/Eau/Agua	Nújpacyo	Jaunui	Jünui	Haunui

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