Waurá language

Waurá
Wauja
Pronunciation[waˈuʐa], [waˈuʂa]
Native toBrazil
RegionXingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso
EthnicityWauja
Native speakers
320 (2006)
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3wau
Glottologwaur1244
ELPWaurá

Waurá (Wauja) is an Arawakan language spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Brazil by the Waujá people. It is "partially intelligible" with Mehináku. The entire population speaks the language.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Stop p t k ɢ (ʔ)
Affricate ts tʃ
Nasal m n
Fricative s ʐ h
Tap ɾ
Approximant w l j

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i iː ĩ ɨ ɨː ɨ̃ u uː ũ
Mid e eː ẽ
Low a aː ã

References

  1. 1 2 Waurá at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Seki, Lucy. 2011. Alto Xingu: uma área linguística? In: Franchetto, Bruna (ed.), Alto Xingu: uma sociedade multilíngue, p. 57-85. Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Índio/FUNAI. (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Postigo, Adriana Viana (2014). Língua Wauja (Arawak): uma descrição fonológica e morfossintática.