Nonuya (Nononotá, Nyonuhu, Nonuña, Achiote) is a Witotoan language formerly spoken in Colombia and Peru that is now nearly extinct.
Genocide, disease, and forced migration caused the Sparrowhawk and Backpacker tribes to form families with the Andoke and the Muinane to create the Nonuya community.
[4] The Nonuya use the available documentation created by the last native speakers between 1973 and 2007, which include prayers, songs, and a lexicon, to relearn the language.
Paq : "for" (interest, aim, duration), rayku : "due to, in sight of", kama : "until" "while" "according to" "all together", pura : "in a pair" "from among a group" and ntin, whose form is difficult to analyse but is recorded as meaning "all together", "with" The first wordlist of Nonuya was created by Marquis Robert de Wavrin and Paul River in 1953 and included 394 words and expressions.
[3] The document compares Nonuya, Ocaina, and Witotoa and attempts to record the endangered language for future revival.