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Andoque (other)
Andoque or Andoke may refer to: * Andoque people, an ethnic group of Colombia * Andoque language, a language of Colombia See also * Andoquero language Andoquero (Miranya, Miraña-Carapana-tapuyo)''Ethnologue'' has mixed this up with Carapana language, Carapana-tapuya. The languages clearly belong to different families. is an extinct Witotoan language of Colombia. References ..., a language of Colombia * Andaqui (other) (a people and a language of Colombia) * Andokides (other) (several persons of Ancient Greece) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andoque People
Andoque (or Andoke) are an indigenous people in Colombia. They live along the Aduche tributary of the Japurá River. Language and culture The Andoque language is a language isolate Language isolates are languages that cannot be classified into larger language families. Korean and Basque are two of the most common examples. Other language isolates include Ainu in Asia, Sandawe in Africa, and Haida in North America. The num ... and is extinct in Peru. The culture values "sacred plants" and a ritual called "Yuruparí." The "Yuruparí" ritual concerns their transcendent vision of cosmology. The Yuruparí ritual makes men initiates "die" then be "reborn" as members of the tribe. Religion and oral history The various bee species originated from the nasal bone of Heron-of-the-Center when he was consumed by fire while wearing a jaguar-skin. Tapirs of various colors originated from "the star people, who are bees and wasps", when they ate the body of a honey-drinking old man, who " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andoque Language
Andoque is a language spoken by a few hundred Andoque people in Colombia, and is in decline. There were 10,000 speakers in 1908, down to 370 a century later, of which at most 50 are monolingual. The remaining speakers live in the area of the Anduche River, downstream from Araracuara Airport, Araracuara, Solano, Caquetá, Colombia; the language is no longer spoken in Peru. Most speakers language shift, shifted to Spanish. Classification Andoque may be related to the extinct Urequena language (also ''Urekena'' or ''Arequena'') 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, such as Richard Aschmann, consider Andoque an isolate. Phonology Vowels Landaburu (2000) reports nine oral vowels and six nasal vowels. Consonants The phoneme // is represented Orthography, orthographically as and the phoneme /j/ is written . Tone Andoque vowels have one of two phonol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andoquero Language
Andoquero (Miranya, Miraña-Carapana-tapuyo)''Ethnologue'' has mixed this up with Carapana language, Carapana-tapuya. The languages clearly belong to different families. is an extinct Witotoan language of Colombia. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andaqui (other) (a people and a language of Colombia)
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Andaqui, Andaquí, or Andaki may refer to: * Andaquí people, an ethnic group of Colombia * Andaqui language, a language of Colombia See also * Andaqui Terrane, a subdivision of the Chibcha Terrane * Andoque (other) Andoque or Andoke may refer to: * Andoque people, an ethnic group of Colombia * Andoque language, a language of Colombia See also * Andoquero language Andoquero (Miranya, Miraña-Carapana-tapuyo)''Ethnologue'' has mixed this up with Carapana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |