Maijiki_language

Orejón language

Orejón language

South American aboriginal language


Orejón (Oregon), also Coto or Maijiki, is a moribund Tucanoan language of Peru.

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Writing system

Orejón alphabet orejón
abchdegiɨɨ̱jkmnñoprstuwy

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.

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

  1. Orejón at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon



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