Wayampi_language

Wayampi language

Wayampi language

Tupian language spoken in South America

Wayãpi or Wayampi (Waiãpi, Guayapi, Oiampí) is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken by the Wayãpi people. It is spoken in French Guiana and Brazil.

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Phonology

Consonants

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Vowels

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In closed syllables, /e, o/ are heard as [ɛ, ɔ].[4]

Orthography

Wayãpi is spelt phonetically based on the International Phonetic Alphabet, and not according the French orthography.[5] The spelling uses the letter ɨ for the close central unrounded vowel between i and u.[6] E is always pronounced é, vowels with a tilde are always nasal (ã, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ), ö is like the German O umlaut, and b is pronounced mb. All letters are pronounced.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Wayãpi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Copin (2012), p. 409
  3. [3]
    Copin (2012), p. 412
  4. [4]
    Copin (2012)
  5. [5]
    Grenand & Grenand (2017), p. 18
  6. [6]
    Grenand & Grenand (2017), p. 20

Bibliography

  • Copin, François (2012), Grammaire wayampi (famille tupi-guarani), Université de Paris
  • Grenand, Pierre; Grenand, Françoise Grenand (2017). "Pour une histoire de la cartographie des territoires teko et wayãpi (Commune de Camopi, Guyane française)". Revue d’ethnoécologie (in French) (11). doi:10.4000/ethnoecologie.3007. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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