Piaroa language
| Piaroa | |
|---|---|
| De'aruwa | |
| Native to | Colombia and Venezuela |
| Ethnicity | Piaroa people |
Native speakers | 13,000–14,000 (2001)[1] |
Piaroa–Saliban
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pid |
| Glottolog | piar1243 |
| ELP |
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Piaroa (also called Guagua ~ Kuakua ~ Quaqua, Adole ~ Ature, Wo’tiheh) is an indigenous language of Colombia and Venezuela, native to the Huottüja people. Loukotka (1968) reports that it is spoken along the Sipapo River, Orinoco River, and Ventuari River.[2]
A Wirö language (commonly called Maco) is closely related, the two forming the Piaroan branch of the family.[3]
Phonology
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nor. | lab. | |||||||
| Stop | Plain | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | ||
| Aspirated | pʰ~ɸ | tʰ | kʰ | kʰʷ | hˣ | |||
| Ejective | pʼ | tʼ | kʼ | kʷʼ | ||||
| Glottal | ˀb | ˀd | ||||||
| Affricate | Plain | t͡ʃ~t͡s | ||||||
| Aspirated | t͡sʰ | |||||||
| Ejective | t͡sʼ | |||||||
| Fricative | s | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||
| Flap/Lateral | ɾ | ʎ | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j~dʲ | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u ɯ |
| Mid | e | ɤ~o | |
| Open | æ | ɑ~ɒ |
References
Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Piaroa word list
- ^ "Endangered Languages Project – Piaroa". Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ Zamponi, R. 2017 'Betoi-Jirara, Sáliban, and Hodɨ: relationships among three linguistic lineages of the mid-Orinoco region'. Anthropological Linguistics 59: 263-321.
- ^ Mosonyi, Esteban E. (2002). Elementos De Gramática Piaroa: Algunas Consideraciones Sobre Sus Clases Nominales (PDF).