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 | 1,700 (2004)[1] |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Ecuador: indigenous languages official in own territories |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
auc |
| Glottolog |
waor1240[2] |
The Waorani (Huaorani) language, commonly known as Sabela (also Wao, Huao, Auishiri, Aushiri, Ssabela ; autonym: Wao Terero; pejorative: Auka, Auca) is a 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.
Phonology
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 | |||
| 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
Huaorani has three dialects: Tiguacuna (Tiwakuna), Tuei (Tiwi Tuei, Tiwi), and Shiripuno.
Genetic relations
Sabela is not known to be related to any other language. However, it forms part of Terrence Kaufman's Yawan proposal.
References
External links
- Lengua Sabela
- Huaorani - Spanish Dictionary
- Waorani language dictionary online from IDS (select simple or advanced browsing)
Bibliography
- 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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