Warrau
E950028
Warrau is an indigenous language spoken by the Warao people of the Orinoco Delta region in Venezuela and neighboring areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Warrau canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American indigenous language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Guarao
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Venezuela ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | deltaic and coastal areas of northeastern Venezuela ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Warao cosmology and mythology
ⓘ
traditional riverine lifestyle of the Warao ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
local trade and subsistence activities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentCause |
language shift to Spanish
ⓘ
migration to urban centers ⓘ |
| hasEthnicPopulation | Warao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
postpositions rather than prepositions
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ use of suffixes for case marking ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | wba ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContactWith |
Cariban languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
subject of descriptive grammars
ⓘ
subject of phonological studies ⓘ subject of sociolinguistic studies ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
five-vowel system (a, e, i, o, u) ⓘ simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | riverine settlements in the Orinoco Delta ⓘ |
| hasTypology | mostly SOV word order ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn |
Guyana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | language isolate ⓘ |
| region | Orinoco Delta region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Warao people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guyana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orinoco Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Spanish ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication within Warao communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.