| Muinane | |
|---|---|
| Muìnánɨ | |
| Native to | Colombia |
| Region | Puerto Santander, Amazonas; between Caquetá River and Yari River in Caquetá Department |
| Ethnicity | 2,100 (2018) [1] |
Native speakers | 150 (2007) [1] |
?Bora–Witoto
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bmr |
| Glottolog | muin1242 |
| ELP | Muinane |
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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 in Colombia along the Upper Cahuinarí river in the Department of Amazonas. There may be some speakers in Peru.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar/ Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Plosive | p b | t d | tʲ dʲ | k ɡ | ʔ |
| Affricate | tʃ dʒ | ||||
| Fricative | ɸ β | s | ʃ j | x | |
| Trill | r | rʲ |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ɨ | u |
| Low | ɛ | a | o |
There are two tones in Muinane: high and low.
Word order in Muinane is generally SOV. Case marking is nominative–accusative.
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Muinane. [2]
| English | Muinane |
|---|---|
| one | sánótro |
| two | minóke |
| head | nígai |
| eye | adíge |
| tooth | ígaino |
| man | gáife |
| water | negfuáyu |
| fire | köxögai |
| sun | neʔegbua |
| maize | bédya |
| jaguar | höku |
Muinane is written using a Latin alphabet. A chart of symbols with the sounds they represent is as follows:
| Latin | IPA | Latin | IPA | Latin | IPA | Latin | IPA | Latin | IPA | Latin | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | /a/ | b | /b/ | c | /k/-/s/ | ch | /tʃ/ | d | /d/ | e | /e/ |
| f | /ɸ/ | g(u) | /ɡ/-/x/ | h | /ʔ/ | i | /i/ | ɨ | /ɨ/ | j | /x/ |
| ll | /dʒ/ | m | /m/ | n | /n/ | ñ | /ɲ/ | o | /o/ | p | /p/ |
| qu | /k/ | r | /r/ | z | /s/ | s | /ʃ/ | t | /t/ | u | /u/ |
| v | /β/ | y | /j/ |
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