Yaroamë language

Yaroamë
Jawari
Native to Brazil
Region Roraima
Ethnicity Yanomami
Native speakers
430 (2015)[1]
Yanomam
  • Yaroamë
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yro
Glottolog yaro1235[2]

Yaroamë, or Jawari (Jauari), is a language spoken by the Yanomami people in Brazil. It was only recently recognized as a distinct language.

Its name Jawari (Yawari, Joari, Yoari, etc.) is shared with the Ninam language.

Phonology

[3]

Vowels
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:
Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar 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.
  2. "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  • 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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