Brazilian Wapishana
E618318
Brazilian Wapishana is a regional variety of the Wapishana Indigenous language spoken by Wapishana communities in Brazil.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous language variety
ⓘ
language variety ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Guyanese Wapishana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| culturalRole | marker of Wapishana identity in Brazil ⓘ |
| domainRestriction | mainly used in home and community domains ⓘ |
| endangeredBecauseOf | language shift to Portuguese ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Wapishana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Brazilian Wapixana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brazilian variety of Wapishana ⓘ |
| hasDialects | local village varieties ⓘ |
| hasLexicon |
kinship terminology specific to Wapishana culture
ⓘ
traditional ecological vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
verb affixation for person and aspect ⓘ |
| hasOralTradition |
songs and chants
ⓘ
traditional narratives ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
phonemic contrast between oral and nasal vowels
ⓘ
typical Arawakan consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSyntax | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Portuguese language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3CodeOfParentLanguage | wap ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
endangered language
ⓘ
minority language in Brazil ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
predominantly suffixing ⓘ |
| notOfficialLanguageOf | Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Wapishana dialect continuum ⓘ |
| preservationEffort |
bilingual education initiatives
ⓘ
community-based language revitalization ⓘ |
| region |
Roraima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Brazil ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Wapishana people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Wapishana language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Arawakan languages ⓘ |
| subjectOf | linguistic documentation projects ⓘ |
| taughtIn | some indigenous schools in Roraima ⓘ |
| transmission | increasingly interrupted intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Brazilian Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication ⓘ |
| usedIn |
daily life in Wapishana communities
ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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