Ỹaroamë language

{{Short description|Language spoken in Brazil}}

{{for|other ethnic Yanomami languages|Yanomaman languages}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Ỹaroamë

| nativename = Jawari

| pronunciation = {{IPA|[ɲãɾoˈamɨ], [ʤaˈwaɾi]}}

| states = Brazil

| region = Roraima

| ethnicity = Yanomami

| speakers = 430

| date = 2015

| ref = {{cite web|url=http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2015-021_yro.pdf|format=PDF|title=ISO 639-3 Registration Authority : Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3|website=01.sil.org|access-date=9 March 2022}}

| familycolor = American

| fam1 = Yanomam

| iso3 = yro

| glotto = yaro1235

| glottorefname = Yaroame

| map = Yanomaman.svg

| mapcaption = Yanomaman languages location

{{legend|#ffccaa|Yanomamö}}

{{legend|#ff9955|Ninam}}

{{legend|#ff6600|Yanomám}}

{{legend|#aa4400|Sanumá}}

{{legend|#552200|Ỹaroamë}}

| dia1 = Opiki

| dia2 = Yawaripë

}}

Ỹaroamë, or Jawari (Jauari), is a language spoken by the Yanomami people in southern Roraima state, Brazil.Ferreira, Helder Perri; Machado, Ana Maria Antunes; Senra, Estevão Benfica. 2019. [https://acervo.socioambiental.org/acervo/publicacoes-isa/linguas-yanomami-no-brasil-diversidade-e-vitalidade As línguas Yanomami no Brasil: diversidade e vitalidade]. São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) and Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN). 216pp. {{ISBN|978-85-8226-076-0}} It was only recently recognized as a distinct language.

Its name Jawari (Yawari, Joari, Yoari, etc.) is shared with the Ninam language.

Dialects

There are two dialects spoken in Roraima, Brazil:

Phonology

The inventory per Ferreira (2011):Ferreira, Helder Perri (2011) Esboço gramatical do Yaroamë: Língua Yanomami falada do Serra do Pacu/RR. Rio de Janeiro: Museo do Indio.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+Vowels

!

!Front

!Central

!Back

Close

|{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|ĩ}}, {{IPA link|iː}} {{IPA link|ĩː}}

|

|{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|ũ}}, {{IPA link|uː}} {{IPA link|ũː}}

Mid

|{{IPA link|ɛ}} {{IPA link|ɛ̃}}, {{IPA link|ɛː}} {{IPA link|ɛ̃ː}}

|{{IPA link|ə}} {{IPA link|ə̃}}, {{IPA link|əː}} {{IPA link|ə̃ː}} {{angbr|ë}}

|{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|õ}}, {{IPA link|oː}} {{IPA link|õː}}

Open

|

|{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|ã}}, {{IPA link|aː}} {{IPA link|ãː}}

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+Consonants

!

!Bilabial

!Alveolar

!Palatal

!Velar

!Glottal

Stop

|{{IPA link|p}}

|{{IPA link|t}}

|

|{{IPA link|k}}

|

Affricate

|

|

|{{IPA link|t͡ʃ}} {{angbr|y}}

|

|

Fricative

|

|

|

|{{IPA link|x}}

|{{IPA link|h}}

Nasal

|{{IPA link|m}}

|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ɲ}} {{angbr|ỹ}}

|

|

Approximant

|

|

|

|{{IPA link|w}} {{angbr|u}}

|

Flap

|

|{{IPA link|l}}~{{IPA link|ɾ}} {{angbr|r}}

|

|

|

:/x/ > [ʃ]/_i

:/ə/ > [ɨ]/N_

{{IPA|/t͡ʃ/}} and {{IPA|/ɲ/}} are cognate to the oral and nasal allophones of {{IPA|/j/}} in Yanomam; for this reason they are written {{angbr|y}} and {{angbr|ỹ}} in Yaroame.

References

{{reflist}}

{{Languages of Brazil}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yaroame language}}

Category:Yanomaman languages

Category:Subject–object–verb languages

{{indigenousAmerican-lang-stub}}