Waiwai (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a
Cariban language of northern
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern
Guyana and
Suriname.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
* /o/ can be heard as
Œwhen following palatal consonants /tʃ, ʃ/.
* /a/ can be heard as
¦when preceded by sounds /j, tʃ/, and followed by sounds /w, m, s/.
References
External links
*
Waiwai Collectionof Niels Fock from the
Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America, containing audio recordings of ceremonial chants and photographs made in the 1950s.
Wai Wai(
Intercontinental Dictionary Series)
Languages of Brazil
Cariban languages
Languages of Guyana
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