Social:Ỹaroamë language

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Short description: Language spoken in Brazil
Ỹaroamë
Jawari
Pronunciation[ɲãɾoˈamɨ], [ʤaˈwaɾi]
Native toBrazil
RegionRoraima
EthnicityYanomami
Native speakers
430 (2015)[1]
Yanomam
  • Ỹaroamë
Language codes
ISO 639-3yro
Glottologyaro1235[2]
Yanomaman.svg
Yanomaman languages location
  Ninam
  Ỹaroamë

Ỹaroamë, 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

The inventory per Ferreira (2011):[4]

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ĩ, ĩː u ũ, ũː
Mid ɛ ɛ̃, ɛː ɛ̃ː ə ə̃, əː ə̃ː ⟨ë⟩ o õ, õː
Open a ã, ãː
Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop p t k
Affricate t͡ʃ ⟨y⟩
Fricative x h
Nasal m n ɲ ⟨ỹ⟩
Approximant w ⟨u⟩
Flap l~ɾ ⟨r⟩
/x/ > [ʃ]/_i
/ə/ > [ɨ]/N_

/t͡ʃ/ and /ɲ/ are cognate to the oral and nasal allophones of /j/ in Yanomam; for this reason they are written ⟨y⟩ and ⟨ỹ⟩ in Yaroame.

References

  1. "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority : Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3" (PDF). http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2015-021_yro.pdf. 
  2. 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. 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
  4. Ferreira, Helder Perri (2011) Esboço gramatical do Yaroamë: Língua Yanomami falada do Serra do Pacu/RR. Rio de Janeiro: Museo do Indio.