Waurá language

Waurá (Wauja) is an Arawakan language spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Brazil by the Waujá people.^[2] It is "partially intelligible" with Mehináku. The entire population speaks the language.^[1]

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Quick Facts Pronunciation, Native to ...

Waurá
Wauja
Pronunciation	[waˈuʐa], [waˈuʂa]
Native to	Brazil
Region	Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso
Ethnicity	Wauja
Native speakers	320 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Arawakan Southern ? Paresí–Xingu Waurá Waura–Mehináku Waurá
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`wau`
Linguist List	`qdv` Waura–Mehináku
Glottolog	`waur1244`
ELP	Waurá

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

	Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Stop	p	t			k	ɢ	(ʔ)
Affricate		ts		tʃ
Nasal	m	n
Fricative		s	ʐ				h
Tap		ɾ
Approximant	w	l		j

A glottal stop [ʔ] occurs phonetically before vowels in word-initial position, or after vowels in word-final position.
/p/ can be heard as aspirated [pʰ] or voiced [b] in free variation.
Stop sounds /t, k/ can be heard as aspirated [tʰ, kʰ] in free variation.
/w/ can also be heard as [β] in free variation, except when before /u/.
/s/ can be heard as voiced [z] when between vowels, or after initial vowels.
/ʐ/ can be heard as voiceless [ʂ] when between vowels, or after initial vowels.
/j/ can be heard as a palatal nasal [ɲ] when occurring before nasal vowels /ã, ẽ, ũ/.

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː ĩ	ɨ ɨː ɨ̃	u uː ũ
Mid	e eː ẽ
Low		a aː ã

Sounds /i, u, ɨ, a/ can also be heard in lax form as [ɪ, ʊ, ə, ɐ].
Sounds /e, eː, ẽ/ can be heard as close-mid [e, eː, ẽ] or open-mid [ɛ, ɛː, ɛ̃] in free variation.^[3]

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

References

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