Ỹaroamë language
| Yaroamë | |
|---|---|
| Jawari | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Roraima |
| Ethnicity | Yanomami |
Native speakers | 430 (2015)[1] |
Yanomam
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yro |
| Glottolog | yaro1235 |
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
| 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 | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t | k | |||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||
| Fricative | x | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Approximant | w | |||||
| Flap | ɾ |
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ "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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