Waorani language
| Sabela | |
|---|---|
| Huaorani / Waorani | |
| Wao Terero | |
| Native to | Ecuador, Peru |
| Region | Oriente or Ecuadorian Amazon |
| Ethnicity | 1,800 Huaorani people (2012)[1] |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2004)[2] |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Ecuador: indigenous languages official in own territories |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | auc |
| Glottolog | waor1240[3] |
The Waorani (Huaorani) language, commonly known as Sabela (also Wao, Huao, Auishiri, Aushiri, Ssabela ; autonym: Wao Terero; pejorative: Auka, Auca) is a vulnerable language isolate spoken by the Huaorani people, an indigenous group living in the Amazon Rainforest between the Napo and Curaray Rivers in Ecuador. A small number of speakers with so-called uncontacted groups may live in Peru.
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Phonology[edit]
Huaorani distinguishes nasal vowels from oral ones. Syllable structure is (C)V, with frequent vowel clusters.
| p | t | k | |
| b | d~ɾ | ɟ~j | ɡ |
| m | n | ɲ | ŋ |
| w | |||
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| Front | Non-front | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | Nasal | Plain | Nasal | |
| Close | i | ĩ | ||
| Mid | e | ẽ | ɵ~o~ɤ | ɵ̃~õ~ɤ̃ |
| Open | æ | æ̃ | a | ã |
Dialects[edit]
Huaorani has three dialects: Tiguacuna (Tiwakuna), Tuei (Tiwi Tuei, Tiwi), and Shiripuno.
Genetic relations[edit]
Sabela is not known to be related to any other language. However, it forms part of Terrence Kaufman's Yawan proposal.
Status[edit]
Huaorani is considered endangered due to growing bilingualism in Quechua and Spanish and diminishing Huaorani usage among youth.[1][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sabela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ "Waorani". UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger. UNESCO. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Waorani". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Fawcett, Alexia Zandra (May 2012). "Documenting Language, Culture, and Cognition: Language and Space among the Waorani" (PDF). Anthropology and Linguistic Department, Bryn Mawr College. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
External links[edit]
- Lengua Sabela
- Huaorani - Spanish Dictionary
- Waorani language dictionary online from IDS (select simple or advanced browsing)
Bibliography[edit]
- Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
- Greenberg, Joseph H. (1987). Language in the Americas. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
- Kaufman, Terrence. (1990). Language History in South America: What We Know and How to Know More. In D. L. Payne (Ed.), Amazonian Linguistics: Studies in Lowland South American languages (pp. 13–67). Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-70414-3.
- Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The Native Languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the World's Languages (pp. 46–76). London: Routledge.
- Peeke, M. Catherine. (2003). A Bibliography of the Waorani of Ecuador. SIL International. Retrieved 2007 December 26 from http://www.sil.org/silewp/2003/silewp2003-006.pdf
- Pike, Evelyn G and Rachel Saint. 1988. Workpapers Concerning Waorani discourse features. Dallas, TX: SIL.
- Rival, Laura. Trekking through History: The Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador, Columbia University Press, 2002.
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