Social:Yaroamë language

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Yaroamë
Jawari
Native toBrazil
RegionRoraima
EthnicityYanomami
Native speakers
430 (2015)[1]
Yanomam
  • Yaroamë
Language codes
ISO 639-3yro
Glottologyaro1235[2]

Yaroamë, or Jawari (Jauari), is a language spoken by the Yanomami people in southern Roraima state, Brazil.[3] It was only recently recognized as a distinct language.

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

Dialects

There are two dialects spoken in Roraima, Brazil:[3]

  • Opiki (Highland/Serra): in the Serra do Pacu (Catrimani Mission)
  • Yawaripë (Lowland/Baixada): in Ajarani and Apiaú

Phonology

[4]

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ĩ i: ĩ: u ũ u: ũ:
Close-mid e ẽ e: ẽ: o õ o: õ:
Mid ə ə̃ ə: ə̃:
Open a ã a: ã:
Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop p t k
Affricate t͡ʃ
Fricative x h
Nasal m n ɲ
Approximant w
Flap ɾ

References

  1. [1]
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Yaroame". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/yaro1235. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 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
  4. "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories" (in en). http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~saphon. 
  • Ferreira, Helder Perri. 2011. Esboço gramatical do Yaroamë: Língua Yanomami falada do Serra do Pacu/RR. Rio de Janeiro: Museo do Indio.