lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageWaiwai [2] (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of northern Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern Guyana and Suriname.
Cariban language spoken in Brazil and Guyana
| Waiwai |
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| Native to | Brazil, Guyana |
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| Ethnicity | Wai-Wai |
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Native speakers | (2,200 cited 1990–2006)[1] |
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Language family | |
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| Dialects |
- Katawian (Tunayana)
- Karahawyana
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| ISO 639-3 | waw |
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| Glottolog | waiw1244 |
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| ELP | |
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Phonology
Consonants
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Labial |
Alveolar |
Post-
alveolar |
Palatal |
Velar |
Glottal |
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| Stop |
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t |
tʃ |
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k |
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| Nasal |
m |
n |
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ɲ |
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| Fricative |
ɸ |
s |
ʃ |
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h |
| Tap |
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ɺ |
ɭ̥̆ |
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| Approximant |
w |
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j |
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Vowels
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Front |
Central |
Back |
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| High |
i iː |
ɨ ɨː |
u uː |
| Mid |
e eː |
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o oː |
| Low |
a aː |
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- /o/ can be heard as [ʌ] when following palatal consonants /tʃ, ʃ/.
- /a/ can be heard as [æ] when preceded by sounds /j, tʃ/, and followed by sounds /w, m, s/.[3]
References
- Waiwai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh
- Hawkins, Robert (1998). Wai Wai. Desmond Derbyshire and Geoffrey Pullum (eds.), Handbook of Handbook of Amazonian Languages, Vol. 4: Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 25–224.
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External links
- Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Waiwai". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
- Waiwai Collection of Niels Fock from the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America, containing audio recordings of ceremonial chants and photographs made in the 1950s.
- Wai Wai (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)
Languages of Brazil |
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| Official language | |
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| Regional languages | |
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Indigenous
languages | | Arawakan | |
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| Arawan | |
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| Cariban | |
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| Panoan | |
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| Macro-Jê | |
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| Nadahup | |
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| Tupian | |
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| Chapacuran | |
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| Tukanoan | |
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| Nambikwaran | |
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| Others | |
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| Interlanguages | |
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| Sign languages | |
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| Non-official | |
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Languages of Guyana |
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| Official language | |
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| Indigenous languages | |
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| Other languages | |
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| Sign languages | |
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Languages of Suriname |
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| Official language | |
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| Regional languages | |
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| Indigenous languages | |
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Cariban languages |
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| Parukotoan | |
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| Pekodian | |
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| Venezuelan Carib | | Pemóng–Panare | |
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| Mapoyo–Tamanaku | |
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| Guianan Carib |
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| Unclassified | |
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Italics indicate extinct languages |
На других языках
- [en] Waiwai language
[ru] Вайвай (язык)
Вайвай (Ouayeone, Uoiauai[1], Parukota, Uaieue, Uaiuai, Waiwai) - язык, на котором говорит ~2230[2] (2006 г.) человек в Бразилии (деревни Пара и Рорайма), Гайане и Южном Суринаме. Относится к карибской языковой семье.
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