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{{Short description|Cariban language spoken in Brazil and Guyana}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Waiwai
| name = Waiwai
|nativename=
| nativename =
|states=[[Brazil]], [[Guyana]]
| states = [[Brazil]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]]
|region=
| region =
|ethnicity=[[Wai-Wai people|Wai-Wai]]
| ethnicity = [[Wai-Wai people|Wai-Wai]]
|speakers=2,200
| speakers = 2,200
|date=1990–2006
| date = 1990–2006
|ref=e17
| ref = e18
|familycolor=American
| familycolor = cariban
|fam1=[[Cariban languages|Cariban]]
| fam1 = [[Cariban languages|Cariban]]
|fam2=Parukotoan
| fam2 = [[Parukotoan languages|Parukotoan]]
|fam3=Waiwai languages
| fam3 = Waiwai languages
| dia1 = Katawian (Tunayana)
|iso3=waw
| dia2 = Karahawyana
|dia1=Katawian
| iso3 = waw
| glotto = waiw1244
| glottorefname = Waiwai
}}
}}


'''Waiwai''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|aɪ|w|aɪ}}<ref>Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref> (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a [[Cariban language]] of northern [[Brazil]], with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern [[Guyana]].
'''Waiwai''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|aɪ|w|aɪ}}<ref>Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student's Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref> (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a [[Cariban language]] of northern [[Brazil]], with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern [[Guyana]] and [[Suriname]].

== Phonology ==

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br>alveolar]]
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|- align="center"
![[Stop consonant|Stop]]
|
|t
|tʃ
|
|k
|
|- align="center"
![[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|m
|n
|
|
|
|- align="center"
![[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
|s
|
|
|h
|- align="center"
![[Tap consonant|Tap]]
|
|ɭ̥̆
|
|
|
|- align="center"
![[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|w
|
|
|j
|
|
|}

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!
![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
|- align="center"
![[Close vowel|High]]
|i iː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|- align="center"
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
|e eː
|
|o oː
|- align="center"
![[Open vowel|Low]]
|a aː
|
|
|}

* /o/ can be heard as [ʌ] when following palatal consonants /tʃ, ʃ/.
* /a/ can be heard as [æ] when preceded by sounds /j, tʃ/, and followed by sounds /w, m, s/.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hawkins|first=Robert|title=Wai Wai|publisher=Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter|year=1998|location=Desmond Derbyshire and Geoffrey Pullum (eds.), Handbook of Handbook of Amazonian Languages, Vol. 4|pages=25–224}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{SAPhon|Waiwai|Waiwai}}
*[https://ailla.utexas.org/islandora/object/ailla%3A124389 Waiwai Collection] of Niels Fock from the [[Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America]], containing audio recordings of ceremonial chants and photographs made in the 1950s.
*[https://ids.clld.org/contributions/175 Wai Wai] ([[Intercontinental Dictionary Series]])

{{Languages of Brazil}}
{{Languages of Guyana}}
{{Languages of Suriname}}
{{Cariban languages}}


[[Category:Languages of Brazil]]
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Latest revision as of 21:39, 15 December 2024

Waiwai
Native toBrazil, Guyana, Suriname
EthnicityWai-Wai
Native speakers
(2,200 cited 1990–2006)[1]
Cariban
Dialects
  • Katawian (Tunayana)
  • Karahawyana
Language codes
ISO 639-3waw
Glottologwaiw1244
ELP

Waiwai /ˈww/[2] (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of northern Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern Guyana and Suriname.

Phonology

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Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop t k
Nasal m n ɲ
Fricative ɸ s ʃ h
Tap ɺ ɭ̥̆
Approximant w j

Vowels

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Front Central Back
High i iː ɨ ɨː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Low a aː
  • /o/ can be heard as [ʌ] when following palatal consonants /tʃ, ʃ/.
  • /a/ can be heard as [æ] when preceded by sounds /j, tʃ/, and followed by sounds /w, m, s/.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Waiwai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh
  3. ^ Hawkins, Robert (1998). Wai Wai. Desmond Derbyshire and Geoffrey Pullum (eds.), Handbook of Handbook of Amazonian Languages, Vol. 4: Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 25–224.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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