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Witoto Indian Language (Huitoto)

Witoto is a Witotoan language of South America, spoken by 4000 people in Columbia and Peru. There are three major varieties of Witoto spoken today-- Murui, Minica and Nipode-- but linguists disagree on whether these are distinct languages or dialects of a single Witoto language. Certainly they are very closely related to each other, and more distantly to Bora.

˜Witoto Language

Witoto language samples and resources.

˜Witoto Culture and History

Information and links about the Witoto tribe past and present.

˜Witoto Legends

Introduction to Witoto mythology.

˜Witoto Language Resources –

Our Online Witoto Materials

Witoto Vocabulary:
Our list of vocabulary words in the three Witoto languages.

Witoto Animal Words:
Illustrated glossary of animal words in the Witoto language.

Witoto Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

Huitoto Indian Language

Huitoto Orthography

Huitoto Numbers

Huitoto Grammar:
Scanned-in Murui Huitoto language materials from the Rosetta Project.

Murui Huitoto:
Short Wikipedia article on the Murui Witoto language.

Human Rights: Huitoto:
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights translated into Huitoto Murui.

Murui (Witoto, Bue)

Meneka (Witoto Meridional):
Witoto language information including linguistic maps of Peru and Colombia. Page in Spanish.

Huitoto Prayers:
Witoto translation of the Lord's Prayer.

Language Museum: Minica Huitoto:

Language Museum: Huitoto Nipode:

Language Museum: Huitoto Murui:
Huitoto Genesis Translation:

Huitoto Bible Translations:
Bible passages in the Huitoto language.

Minica Huitoto

Murui Huitoto

Nüpode Huitoto:
Demographic information on Witoto from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Lengua Witotoan:
Information on the Witoto languages in Spanish.
Witotoan:
Witoto links.

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