Murui Huitoto is a member of the Bora-Witoto language family spoken by about 2,000 people along the Putumayo, Cara-Paraná and Igara-Paraná rivers in southern Colombia, and along the the Ampiyacu and Napo rivers in northern Peru. There are also some speakers of Murui Huitoto in Leticia, a city in the south of the Amazonas Department in the south of Colombia.
Murui Huitoto was formerly spoken in Brazil, and is also known as Murui, Bue, Witoto Murui, Huitoto or Witoto. It is written with a version of the Latin alphabet and a dictionary and grammar have been published. The language has official status in Peru, and is used in schools and churches.
Download an alphabet chart of Muri Huitoto (Excel)
Nana cai comuillamona dama cai abido iticai. Cai comuillamona jiaimie anamo iñedicai. Nana daje facaiconi iticai. Abi uiñuanona comuidicai. Dani coninirie cai nabairilla.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
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Information about Murui Huitoto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murui_Huitoto_language
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_bue
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witoto_murui
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Língua_murui_huitoto
Bora, Minica Huitoto, Murui Huitoto
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 10.06.25
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