Social:Yaroamë language
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| Yaroamë | |
|---|---|
| Jawari | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Roraima |
| Ethnicity | Yanomami |
Native speakers | 430 (2015)[1] |
Yanomam
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yro |
| Glottolog | yaro1235[2] |
Yaroamë, or Jawari (Jauari), is a language spoken by the Yanomami people in southern Roraima state, Brazil.[3] It was only recently recognized as a distinct language.
Its name Jawari (Yawari, Joari, Yoari, etc.) is shared with the Ninam language.
Dialects
There are two dialects spoken in Roraima, Brazil:[3]
- Opiki (Highland/Serra): in the Serra do Pacu (Catrimani Mission)
- Yawaripë (Lowland/Baixada): in Ajarani and Apiaú
Phonology
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ i: ĩ: | u ũ u: ũ: | |
| Close-mid | e ẽ e: ẽ: | o õ o: õ: | |
| Mid | ə ə̃ ə: ə̃: | ||
| Open | a ã a: ã: |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t | k | ||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | ||||
| Fricative | x | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Approximant | w | ||||
| Flap | ɾ |
References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Yaroame". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/yaro1235.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ferreira, Helder Perri; Machado, Ana Maria Antunes; Senra, Estevão Benfica. 2019. As línguas Yanomami no Brasil: diversidade e vitalidade. São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) and Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN). 216pp. ISBN:978-85-8226-076-0
- ↑ "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories" (in en). http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~saphon.
- Ferreira, Helder Perri. 2011. Esboço gramatical do Yaroamë: Língua Yanomami falada do Serra do Pacu/RR. Rio de Janeiro: Museo do Indio.
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