Nüpode Huitoto language

Nüpode Huitoto
Spoken in	Peru
Native speakers	100  (date missing)
Language family	Bora–Witoto Witoto–Ocaina Witoto Nüpode Huitoto
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hux
Nüpode Huitoto

Nüpode Huitoto or Nɨpode is an indigenous American language spoken in western South America. It has occasionally been referred to as Muinane Witoto, not to be confused with the related Muinane language.

Classification

Nüpode Huitoto belongs to the Witotoan language family. Along with Mɨnɨca and Murai it is one of the three Witoto Proper languages.

Geographic distribution

Nüpode Huitito is spokenby just one hundred people in the South American country of Perú's northeastern Loreto province, where it has official standing. Speakers also use the other two Huitoto languages (Murui and Minica). It is written using the roman alphabet and has had some bible portions translated into it in addition to a dictionary and grammar rules.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar/ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	p b	t d	tʃ dʒ	k ɡ	ʔ
Implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Fricative	β				h
Flap		r

Vowels

Muinane vowel phonemes

	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ɨ	u
Low	e	a	o

References

• Nüpode Huitoto language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
• Aschmann, Richard P. (1993). Proto-Witotoan. Arlington, TX: SIL International. ISBN 0-88312-189-1.