Yaroame_language

Ỹaroamë language

Ỹaroamë language

Language spoken in Brazil

For other ethnic Yanomami languages, see Yanomaman languages.

Ỹaroamë, or Jawari (Jauari), is a language spoken by the Yanomami people in southern Roraima state, Brazil.[2] It was only recently recognized as a distinct language.

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

Dialects

There are two dialects spoken in Roraima, Brazil:[2]

Phonology

The inventory per Ferreira (2011):[3]

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/x/ > [ʃ]/_i
/ə/ > [ɨ]/N_

/t͡ʃ/ and /ɲ/ are cognate to the oral and nasal allophones of /j/ in Yanomam; for this reason they are written ⟨y⟩ and ⟨ỹ⟩ in Yaroame.

References

  1. [1]
    "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority : Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3" (PDF). 01.sil.org. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. [2]
    Ferreira, Helder Perri; Machado, Ana Maria Antunes; Senra, Estevão Benfica. 2019. As línguas Yanomami no Brasil: diversidade e vitalidade. São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) and Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN). 216pp. ISBN 978-85-8226-076-0
  3. [3]
    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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