| Ocaina | |
| Nativename: | Xáfahxajoh |
| States: | Peru, Colombia |
| Speakers: | 55 |
| Date: | 2000–2012 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam2: | Huitoto–Ocaina |
| Iso3: | oca |
| Glotto: | ocai1244 |
| Glottorefname: | Ocaina |
| Imagealt: | Black and white photograph of a man in a loincloth and feathers with a pole in one hand and four long sticks in the other. |
| Notice: | IPA |
| Map: | Ocaina.png |
Ocaina is an indigenous American language spoken in western South America.
Ocaina belongs to the Witotoan language family. It is its own group within the Huitoto-Ocaina sub-family.
Ocaina is spoken by 54 people in northeastern Peru and by 12 more in the Amazonas region of Colombia. Few children speak the language.
There are two dialects of Ocaina: Dukaiya and Ibo'tsa.
| Nasal | lenis | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fortis | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Affricate | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| High | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | |
Syllables in Ocaina may be marked with one of two tones: high or low.
Syllables in Ocaina consist of a vowel; single consonants may appear on either side of the vowel: (C)V(C).
Ocaina is written using a Latin alphabet. A chart of symbols with the sounds they represent is as follows:
| Latin | IPA | |
|---|---|---|
| a | pronounced as /link/ | |
| b | pronounced as /link/ | |
| c | pronounced as /link/ - pronounced as /link/ | |
| ch | pronounced as /link/ | |
| ds | pronounced as /link/ | |
| dy | pronounced as /link/ | |
| e | pronounced as /link/ | |
| f | pronounced as /link/ | |
| g(u) | pronounced as /link/ - pronounced as /link/ | |
| h | pronounced as /link/ | |
| i | pronounced as /link/ | |
| j | pronounced as /link/ | |
| k | pronounced as /link/ | |
| ll | pronounced as /link/ | |
| m | pronounced as /link/ | |
| m̈ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| n | pronounced as /link/ | |
| n̈ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| ñ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| ñ̈ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| o | pronounced as /link/ | |
| p | pronounced as /link/ | |
| qu | pronounced as /link/ | |
| r | pronounced as /link/ | |
| s | pronounced as /link/ | |
| sh | pronounced as /link/ | |
| t | pronounced as /link/ | |
| z | pronounced as /link/ | |
| ty | pronounced as /link/ | |
| u | pronounced as /link/ | |
| v | pronounced as /link/ | |
| x | pronounced as /link/ | |
| y | pronounced as /link/ |