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    BoraWitóto (also Bora–Huitoto, Bora–Uitoto, or, ambiguously, Witotoan) is a proposal to unite the Boran and Witotoan language families of southwestern...
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  • occasionally known as Huitoto–Ocaina to distinguish it from BoraWitoto) is a small language family of southeastern Colombia (Amazonas Department) and the...
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    Bora–Muinane, Bora–Muiname, Bóran, Miranyan, Miranya, Bórano) is a small language family, consisting of just two languages. The two Boran languages are:...
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    BoraWitoto, Guajiboan, Arawakan, Cariban, Barbacoan, and Saliban language families. There are currently about 850,000 speakers of native languages,...
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  • Witoto, Huitoto or Uitoto is an indigenous American language spoken by the Witoto people, an indigenous group living in Colombia and in the neighbouring...
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    The Witoto (also Huitoto or Uitoto) are an Indigenous people in southern Colombia and northern Peru. The Witoto people were once composed of 100 villages...
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    their second language of Spanish. [citation needed] Early linguistic investigators thought that Bora was related to the Huitoto (Witoto) language, but there...
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    the languages of South America. As is the case worldwide, the majority of South American languages, such as Andean languages and BoraWitoto languages, predominantly...
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  • River) as the location of the Urequena language. Terrence Kaufman places it in the proposed BoraWitoto language family. Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery...
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    Huitoto (or simply Murui also known as Bue, Witoto Murui or Witoto) is an indigenous American Huitoto language of the Witotoan family. Murui is spoken by...
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    languages and isolated languages. In northern Peru, there are 5 small families of languages: Cahuapana, Jívara, Zápara, Peba-yagua, and Bora-witoto....
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    which groups Tupian together with BoraWitoto and Zaparoan. However, in some cases, similarities among the language families are clearly due to more recent...
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  • were introduced to the Americas. Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University...
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    Arutani, Paez, Sape, Taruma, Witoto-Okaina, Saliba-Hodi, Tikuna-Yuri, Pano, Barbakoa, Bora-Muinane, and Choko language families due to contact. There...
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    similarities with the Guahibo, Kamsa, Paez, Tukano, Witoto-Okaina, Yaruro, Chibchan, and Bora-Muinane language families due to contact. Genetic links between...
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    Vilela-Chulupí Witóto Xíbaro (Shiwora, Shuara) Xiraxara Yahgan Yaruro Yunka Yurakáre Yuri Záparo Je (Ge) Classification of South American languages by J. Alden...
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    of these languages are classified into 10 linguistic families: Chibcha, Arawak, Carib, Quechua, Tukano, Guahibo, Makú-Puinave, Bora-Witoto, Piaroa-Sáliba...
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    lexical similarities with the Saliba-Hodi, Arawak, Bora-Muinane, Choko, Witoto-Okaina, and Waorani language families due to contact. Loukotka (1968) lists...
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    Zaparoan. Gordon (2005) follows Stark. Mason (1950: 236–238) groups BoraWitoto, Tupian, and Zaparoan together as part of a proposed Macro-Tupí-Guaranían...
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  • which is itself provisional, and BoraWitoto. Kaufman (2007) posits the following membership. The unclassified languages Urarina, Puelche, Sabela, Taushiro...
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    Minica (Mɨnɨka) Huitoto is one of three indigenous American Huitoto languages of the Witotoan family spoken by a few thousand speakers in western South...
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    Puinave-Nadahup, Taruma, Tupi, Urarina, Witoto-Okaina, Yaruro, Zaparo, Saliba-Hodi, and Tikuna-Yuri language families due to contact. However, these similarities...
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  • the main language families of the world The language families of Africa Map of the Austronesian languages Map of major Dravidian languages Distribution...
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  • a surname Boran, Queen of Sassanid Persia Boran languages, part of the proposed BoraWitoto language family Boran, or Borana people, a pastoralist people...
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  • lists the indigenous languages of South America. Extinct languages are marked by dagger signs (†). Demographics of Indigenous languages of South America by...
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    which is known only from a single 19th century wordlist. Kaufman's (2007) Bora–Witótoan stock includes Andoque in the Witótoan family, but other linguists...
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    speak a Witotan language and comprise approximately 2,000 people.[citation needed] In the last forty years,[clarification needed] the Bora have become a...
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    Indigenous peoples in Colombia (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    Clemencia Herrera Nemerayema (1968–), Indigenous Amazonian activist, of Witoto descent. Aida Quilcué (1973–), Senator of Colombia for Cauca, of Nasa origin...
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    Muinane is an indigenous American language spoken in Colombia. Muinane belongs to the Boran language family, along with Bora. Muinane is spoken by 150 people...
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    Asian Colombians (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    Siriano Sutagao Tahamí Tairona Tariana Tegua Ticuna Tinigua Tucano U'wa Wayuu Witoto Wiwa Yagua Yarigui Yukpa Zenú Non-indigenous See also Lists of Colombians...
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