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 3

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 (3)

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