Siona Wu Murphy
Siona may refer to: * ''Siona'' (moth), a genus of Geometer moth * The Siona people of the Ecuadorian Amazon **The Siona language * Siona Atreides, a fictional character in Frank Herbert's Dune universe * Siona Shimshi Siona Shimshi (also "Ziona"; he, ציונה שמשי; July 14, 1939 – October 16, 2018) was an Israeli painter, sculptress, ceramist, and textile designer. Early life Shimshi was born in Tel Aviv, to Haya Rivka (Kuklanski) and Avraham Shimshi, ...

Siona (moth)
''Siona'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1829. Species *'' Siona galactica'' Prout, 1929 *''Siona lineata ''Siona lineata'', the black-veined moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 ''Entomologia Carniolica''. Subspecies Subspecies include: * ''Siona lineata lineata'' (Scopo ...'' (Scopoli, 1763) References * Ennominae {{Ennominae-stub ...
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Siona People
The Siona people (also known as Sioni, Pioje, or Pioche-Sioni) are an indigenous ethnic group living in the Ecuadorian Amazon or Oriente (est. population 250 in Ecuador (2000 Juncosa)), and in Putumayo Department in Colombia (est. population 300 in Colombia (1982 SIL)). They share territory along the Shushufindi, Aguarico, and Cuyabeno river with the Secoya people, with whom they are sometimes considered a single population. The Siona language is a Tucanoan language. The Siona people are organized politically through the National Organization of Seona Indigenous People of Ecuador (ONISE), whose president as of July 1996 was William Crioll According to Richard Evan Schultes, Where The Gods Reign, p. 27, the "Siona are one of the western Tukanoan groups and live in the Department of Putumayo, Comissaria del Putamayo in the region of Mocoa." I lived in this area in the summer of 1961 with members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Our home was on the Ecuador side of th ...
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Siona Language
Siona (otherwise known as Bain Coca, Pioje, Pioche-Sioni, Ganteyabain, Ganteya, Ceona, Zeona, Koka, Kanú) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia and Ecuador. The language is essentially the same as Secoya, but speakers are ethnically distinct. As of 2013, Siona is spoken by about 550 people. Teteté dialect (Eteteguaje) is extinct.Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices Phonology Vowels There are 6 oral vowels and six nasal vowels. Only nasal vowels occur next to a nasal consonant or . Consonants There are two series of obstruent consonant. Both often produce a noticeable delay before the onset of the following vowel: the 'fortis' series (written ''p t č k kw s h hw'') tends to be aspirated, with a noisy transition to the vowel, while the 'lenis' series (written ''b d g gw ’ z''), optionally voiced, is glottalized, with a silent transition to the vowel, which in turn tends to be laryngealized. The glottal stop is f ...
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