Warao language

E281355

indigenous language language language isolate

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

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Warao language canonical	3

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 ⓘ Warao people ⓘ surface form: eastern Warao 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 State ⓘ surface form: Delta Amacuro Monagas State ⓘ Orinoco Delta ⓘ Sucre State ⓘ
spokenBy	Warao people ⓘ
spokenIn	British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana Orinoco Delta ⓘ Suriname ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ northeastern Venezuela ⓘ
usedIn	daily communication within Warao communities ⓘ rituals ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ
wordOrder	SOV ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Orinoco Delta → languageSpokenByInhabitants → Warao language ⓘ

Delta Amacuro State → languageSpoken → Warao language ⓘ

Warao people → language → Warao language ⓘ