| Maijiki | |
|---|---|
| Koto, Orejón | |
| Máíhɨ̃ki | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | Maihuna |
Native speakers | 70 (2018)[1] |
Tucanoan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ore |
| Glottolog | orej1242 |
| ELP | Orejón |
 Orejón is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Maijiki (Maihiki), also Coto, Maijuna, Orejón (Oregon), or Máíhɨ̃ki, is a moribund Tucanoan language of Peru.[2][3]
Writing system
[edit]| a | a̱ | b | ch | d | e | e̱ | g | i | i̱ | ɨ | ɨ̱ | j | k | m | n | ñ | o | o̱ | p | r | s | t | u | u̱ | w | y |
The letters ⟨a̱, e̱, i̱, ɨ, ɨ̱, o̱, u̱⟩ can also be written as ⟨â, ê, î, ü, ï, ô, û⟩ in the National Register of Identity and Civil Status of Peru.[4]
Nasal vowels have an underlined stroke and tones are indicated using diacritics:
- low-tone vowels with the grave accent ⟨à è ì ɨ̀ ò ù⟩;
- high-tone vowels with the acute accent ⟨á é í ɨ́ ó ú⟩;
- low-tone nasal vowels with the macron below and grave accent ⟨à̱ è̱ ì̱ ɨ̱̀ ò̱ ù̱⟩;
- high-tone nasal vowels with the macron below and acute accent ⟨á̱ é̱ í̱ ɨ̱́ ó̱ ú̱⟩.
References
[edit]- ^ Farmer, Stephanie (April 2018). "Máíhɨ̃ki". International Journal of American Linguistics. 84 (S1): S95–S108. doi:10.1086/695547. ISSN 0020-7071.
- ^ Skilton, Amalia (2017-06-01). Three speakers, four dialects: Documenting variation in an endangered Amazonian language. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-9973295-0-6.
- ^ Skilton, Amalia (February 2017). "Assertive questions in Máíhĩki". Journal of Pragmatics. 109: 121–136. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2016.12.011.
- ^ Diccionario Bilingue¨ Máíjɨ̱̀kì − Castellano y Castellano − Máíjɨ̱̀kì (PDF). 2013.
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