Talk:Huaorani language
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hi. do you know why Lyle Campbell & Terrence Kaufman both use Sabela in their South American surveys? is this an older term that is being replaced? – ishwar (speak) 01:15, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America (www.ailla.utexas.org) also lists this language under Sabela. – ishwar (speak) 03:31, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
Sabela (sometimes Ssabela) was the name used by researchers in the early 20th century, but I can't find why, the SIL and DINEIIB orthographies don't include an 's' sound, so it must be another people's word for them. This seems to be a general problem, but thankfully one that doesn't place the relevant wiki standards (most common usage, clearest self-identified term) in conflict, since the early linguistic work hasn't resulted in nearly as much discussion as later evangelization and concern about the oil conflict. --Carwil 01:39, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
