Hodï language
Unclassified language spoken in Venezuela / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Hoti language.
The Hodï (Jodï, Jotí, Hoti) language, also known as Yuwana (Yoana), Waruwaru, or Chikano (Chicano), is a small unclassified language spoken by the Hodï people of Venezuela. Very little is known of it; its several hundred speakers are monolingual hunter-gatherers. The people call themselves Jojodö ('the people') or Wįlǫ̈, and their language Jojodö tjįwęnę.[2] The two communities with the most speakers are San José de Kayamá and Caño Iguana, with several hundred speakers total.[3]: 550
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Hodï | |
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Jojodö tjįwęnę | |
Region | central Venezuela |
Native speakers | 640 (2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yau |
Glottolog | yuwa1244 |
ELP | Jotí |
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Sources are inconsistent with nasals, varying between e.g. nV and lṼ.[4]