Orejón language

Not to be confused with Orejone language.

Orejón
Koto
Máíhɨ̃ki
Native to	Peru
Native speakers	190 (2007)[1]
Language family	Tucanoan West Napo Orejón
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ore
Glottolog	orej1242
ELP	Orejón

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

Writing system

Orejón alphabet orejón

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.

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)