Wayãpi or Wayampi (Waiãpi, Guayapi, Oiampí) is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken by the Wayãpi people. It is spoken in French Guiana and Brazil.
| Wayãpi | |
|---|---|
| Wayampi | |
| Region | French Guiana, Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Wayãpi |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2000)[1] |
Language family | Tupian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | oym |
| Glottolog | waya1270 |
| ELP | Wayampí |
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | |||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | ɯ ɯ̃ | u ũ | |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ | ||
| Open | a ã | |||
In closed syllables, /e, o/ are heard as [ɛ, ɔ].[4]
Wayãpi is spelt phonetically based on the International Phonetic Alphabet, and not according the French orthography.[5] The spelling uses the letter ɨ for the close central unrounded vowel between i and u.[6] E is always pronounced é, vowels with a tilde are always nasal (ã, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ), ö is like the German O umlaut, and b is pronounced mb. All letters are pronounced.[6]
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Languages of French Guiana | |
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| Munduruku | |||||||||||||||||||
| Maweti–Guarani |
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