Piaroa (also called Guagua ~ Kuakua ~ Quaqua, Adole ~ Ature, Wo’tiheh) is an indigenous language of Colombia and Venezuela, native to the Huottüja people. Loukotka (1968) reports that it is spoken along the Sipapo River, Orinoco River, and Ventuari River.[2]
Piaroa | |
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De'aruwa | |
Native to | Colombia and Venezuela |
Ethnicity | Piaroa people |
Native speakers | 13,000–14,000 (2001)[1] |
Language family | Piaroa–Saliban
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Writing system | Latin |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pid |
Glottolog | piar1243 |
ELP | Piaroa |
![]() ![]() Piaroa | |
Coordinates: 5°N 67°W / 5; -67 |
A Wirö language (commonly called Maco) is closely related, the two forming the Piaroan branch of the family.[3]
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Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
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nor. | lab. | |||||||
Stop | Plain | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | ||
Aspirated | pʰ~ɸ | tʰ | kʰ | kʰʷ | hˣ | |||
Ejective | pʼ | tʼ | kʼ | kʷʼ | ||||
Glottal | ˀb | ˀd | ||||||
Affricate | Plain | t͡ʃ~t͡s | ||||||
Aspirated | t͡sʰ | |||||||
Ejective | t͡sʼ | |||||||
Fricative | s | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||
Flap/Lateral | ɾ | ʎ | ||||||
Approximant | w | j~dʲ |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | ɨ | u ɯ |
Mid | e | ɤ~o | |
Open | æ | ɑ~ɒ |
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Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Piaroa word list |
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