Baniwa language

E178989
Arawakan language South American language indigenous language

Baniwa is an Arawakan Indigenous language spoken primarily along the Rio Negro in northwestern Brazil, as well as in parts of Colombia and Venezuela.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Baniwa language canonical 4
Baniwa of Içana language 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan language ⓘ
South American language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
alternateName Baniua ⓘ
Baniva ⓘ
Kurripako-Baniwa ⓘ
basicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Curripaco language ⓘ
Tariana language ⓘ
countrySubregion Amazonas state ⓘ
surface form: Amazonas state of Brazil

Orinoco Basin ⓘ
surface form: Orinoco basin of Venezuela

Colombian Amazon region ⓘ
surface form: Vaupés region of Colombia
documentation described in grammars and dictionaries by linguists ⓘ
endangeredStatusCause pressure from Portuguese in Brazil ⓘ
pressure from Spanish in Colombia and Venezuela ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cabiyari people ⓘ
surface form: Baniwa people
hasCaseMarking postpositional system ⓘ
hasDialect Baniwa do Içana ⓘ
Curripaco ⓘ
Katapolitana ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature evidentiality distinctions ⓘ
person and number marking on verbs ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization ⓘ
tonal or pitch-accent-like distinctions in some analyses ⓘ
ISO639-3 bwi ⓘ
languageBranch Upper Orinoco Arawakan ⓘ
surface form: Rio Negro Arawakan
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
surface form: Arawakan language family
languageFamilyCode Arawak ⓘ
linguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
morphologyType polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ
region northwestern Amazon ⓘ
northwestern Brazil ⓘ
revitalizationEffort bilingual education projects ⓘ
community-based literacy programs ⓘ
spokenAlong Rio Negro ⓘ
spokenIn Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
status vulnerable ⓘ
subfamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
surface form: Northern Arawakan
usedFor daily communication in some communities ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
usedIn myths and narratives ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (6)

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

Arawakan languages → notableLanguage → Baniwa language ⓘ
Warekena language → neighboringLanguages → Baniwa language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baniwa of Içana language
Maipurean languages → member → Baniwa language ⓘ
Tariana language → contactLanguage → Baniwa language ⓘ
Tariana language → hasBorrowingFrom → Baniwa language ⓘ
Kurripako language → closelyRelatedTo → Baniwa language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baniwa of Içana language