| Minica Huitoto | |
| Nativename: | Mɨnɨka |
| States: | Colombia, Perú |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Bora–Witoto |
| Fam2: | Witoto–Ocaina |
| Fam3: | Witoto |
| Fam4: | Minica–Murui |
| Iso3: | hto |
| Glotto: | mini1256 |
| Glottorefname: | Minica Huitoto |
| Map: | MInica.png |
Minica (Mɨnɨka) Huitoto is one of three indigenous American Huitoto languages of the Witotoan family spoken by a few thousand speakers in western South America.
It is spoken in the Upper Igara-Paraná river area, along the Caquetá River at the Isla de los Monos, and the Caguán River near San Vicente del Caguán. There is 75% literacy in Colombia and 85% are literate in Spanish; most are bilingual. There is a dictionary and grammar rules.
There are only five speakers in Perú, where it has official standing within its community.
| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɯ | u | ||
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |||
| Open | a | ||||
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | θ | x | |||
| voiced | β | ||||||
| Tap | ɾ | ||||||
| b | c | ch | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | ll | m | n | ñ | ng | o | p | q | r | t | u | v | ɨ | z |