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
| 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
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.
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|{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|ĩ}}, {{IPA link|iː}} {{IPA link|ĩː}} | |{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|ũ}}, {{IPA link|uː}} {{IPA link|ũː}} |
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|{{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}} |
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| |{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|ã}}, {{IPA link|aː}} {{IPA link|ãː}} | |
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|{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} | |{{IPA link|k}} | |
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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
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{{Languages of Brazil}}
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Category:Subject–object–verb languages
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