Warekena language

E155590

The Warekena language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Warekena people of the Rio Negro region in Brazil and Venezuela.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Warekena language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan language
South American language
indigenous language
continent South America
country Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
linked to: Venezuela

Federative Republic of Brazil
linked to: Brazil
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
ethnicGroup Warekena
family Arawakan language family
linked to: Arawakan languages
geneticClassification Maipurean
glottocode ware1252
glottologName Warekena
hasAlternativeName Arekena
linked to: Uarekena

Baniva-Warekena
linked to: Matawai

Guarequena
Uarekena
Warekana
linked to: Warekena
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue 26
linked to: Ethnologue
hasLinguisticDocumentation descriptive studies by Arawakan specialists
hasSpeakerCommunity indigenous communities along the Rio Negro
ISO639-3Code gae
isSpokenAlong Rio Negro
Xié River
languageBranch Upper Rio Negro Arawakan
languageFamily Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
languageShiftTo Portuguese
Spanish
linguisticArea Northwestern Amazonia
morphologyType agglutinative
neighboringLanguages Baniwa of Içana language
linked to: Baniwa language

Baré language
linked to: Bakairi language

Tariana language
region Amazonas state, Brazil
linked to: Amazonas state

Amazonas state, Venezuela
Rio Negro region
linked to: Negro River basin
spokenBy Warekena people
spokenIn Brazil
Venezuela
subfamily Northern Arawakan
linked to: Arawakan languages
typologicalFeature predominantly SOV word order
usedIn daily communication within Warekena communities
ritual practices
traditional oral narratives
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arawakan languages hasLanguage Warekena language
Maipurean languages member Warekena language