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Siona Indian Language (Pioche-Sioni)

Siona is a Tucanoan language of South America, spoken by 300 people in Colombia and Ecuador. It is a tone language with SOV word order.



˜Siona Language Resources –

Siona Orthography * Siona Phonology * Siona Text:
    Scanned-in Siona language materials from the Rosetta Project.
La Lengua Piohé:
    Information on Siona including linguistic maps of South America. Page in Spanish.
Language Museum: Siona * Genesis in Siona:
    Translations of Bible passages into Siona.
Siona Prayers:
    The Lord's Prayer in Siona.
Siona Language:
    Demographic information on Siona from the Ethnologue of Languages.

˜Siona Culture and History Links –

Siona-Secoya Culture:
    Article on the history and traditions of the Siona and Secoya tribes.
Los Siona * Los indios wiwa:
    Information about the Sionas in Spanish.



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