Warao language

E281355

The Warao language is an indigenous language isolate spoken by the Warao people of northeastern Venezuela and nearby regions, particularly in the Orinoco Delta.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Warao language canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language ⓘ
language ⓘ
language isolate ⓘ
alternativeName Guarao ⓘ
Guarauno ⓘ
Warrau ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
ethnicGroup Warao people ⓘ
glottocode wara1303 ⓘ
hasApproximants true ⓘ
hasCaseMarking true ⓘ
hasDialects Guayo ⓘ
central Warao ⓘ
eastern Warao ⓘ
linked to: Warao people

western Warao ⓘ
hasFricatives true ⓘ
hasNasals true ⓘ
hasNasalVowels true ⓘ
hasOralVowels true ⓘ
hasPhonemicLength true ⓘ
hasPostpositions true ⓘ
hasTone false ⓘ
hasVoicelessStops true ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
ISO639-3Code wba ⓘ
isRecognizedAsIndigenousLanguage true ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
linguisticTypology head-marking language ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
primaryCountry Venezuela ⓘ
region Delta Amacuro ⓘ
linked to: Delta Amacuro State

Monagas State ⓘ
Orinoco Delta ⓘ
Sucre State ⓘ
spokenBy Warao people ⓘ
spokenIn Guyana ⓘ
linked to: British Guiana

Orinoco Delta ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
northeastern Venezuela ⓘ
usedIn daily communication within Warao communities ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Delta Amacuro State → languageSpoken → Warao language ⓘ
Warao people → language → Warao language ⓘ