Jodï–Saliban is a proposed language family of South America, uniting the Hodï, Piaroa–Saliban, and possibly Betoi–Jirara languages and language families. Marcelo Jolkesky (2016) adds Ticuna–Yuri to the proposal, creating a proposal he calls Duho; he had previously connected Andoque to the grouping in a Macro-Daha family.Jolkesky, Marcelo. 2009. Macro-Daha: reconstrução de um tronco lingüístico do noroeste amazônico. ROSAE - I Congresso Internacional de Lingüística Histórica, 26–29 July 2009.
Zamponi (2017) concludes that the similarities between Saliban and Hodɨ appear to be due to contact, but that a distant genealogical relationship between Betoi and Sáliban is plausible though not demonstrated. He does not address Ticuna–Yuri.Zamponi, Raoul. 2017 (2018). Betoi-Jirara, Sáliban, and Hodɨ: relationships among three linguistic lineages of the mid-Orinoco region. Anthropological Linguistics 59: 263-321.
Prehistory Jolkesky (2016) suggests that the homeland of Proto-Duho was in the Serranía de Chiribiquete.
Language contact Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with Chibchan languages due to contact, which may point to the earlier presence of Chibchan speakers in the Orinoco basin.
Classification Internal classification of the Duho language family by Jolkesky (2016):Jolkesky, M. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Brasilia: UnB. PhD Dissertation.
Duho Tikuna-Yuri Karabayo Tikuna Yuri Saliba-Hodi Hodi Saliba-Betoi Betoi–Jirara Saliba-Piaroa Saliba Piaroa-Mako Ature Wirö (Maco) Piaroa
Pronouns Jolkesky's Duho languages have shared forms in *ʧ for "I", *kʷ for "you" and *t for "we", which are found in all languages.
{| class=wikitable |- ! language !! I !! thou !! he !! she !! we !! they |- ! Ticuna | ʧò- || ku- || dĩ- || ɡĩ- /i- || tò- || ta-́ |- ! Yuri | tshuu || wikú || di || - || too || - |- ! Saliba | ʧ- || ũku, kʷ- || Ø-, i-, -di || x-, -x || t- || h- |- ! Piaroa | ʧ(u)- || (u)ku, kʷ- || Ø-, -de || hʷ-, -h || t(u)- || tʰ(a)- |- ! Wirö | ʧ(V)- || ɯkʷɯ, kʷ(V)- || Ø- || h(V)-, -h || d(V)-, -dɯtʰɯ || tʰ(V)- |- ! Hodi | ʰtæ || ʰkæ || dæ || - || ʰtai || hai |- ! Betoi–Jirara | r(u)- || uhu, h(u)- || Ø-, -ri || Ø- || r-, -nuto || ?
Lexicon Several basic words in Duho languages appear to be related. The following examples are given, with further parallels in Sape:
{| class=wikitable |- ! language !! tree !! mouth !! head !! hair !! path !! eat !! spirit !! offspring !! breast !! who !! what |- ! Ticuna | dãi || àː || èrú || ʧi || bã̀ || ɡõ̀ː || ã́ẽ̀ || dẽ́ || biĩ́ || tèẽ́ || tàː |- ! Yuri | noi || i à || gerühó || ii || -mó || - || - || o nné || - || - || - |- ! Saliba | - || aha || iʤu || - || maa(-na) || ikua || õãĩ || nẽ(-ẽ) || omixe || ã-diha || ã-daha |- ! Piaroa | dawi || æ || u(-ju) || -ʦˀe || mæ(-næ) || ku || ãẽ || ĩtʰĩ || ami || di || dæhe |- ! Wirö | towi || a || u; -ʤu || -ˀʤe || ma(-na) || ku(-õ) || - || ĩtʰĩ || omu || ti || tahi |- ! Hodi | ʰtawɯ || a || ʰtu || - || ma(-na); -ma || ʰku-õ || ãwẽ(-no) || ĩni || me(e) || - || - |- ! (Sape) | tapa || itu || koyanukú, moynaku || pa || mu || ko/ku || - || katona || wi || pante || pemente
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