Guarauno

E950029

Guarauno is an alternative name for the Warao language spoken by the Warao people of the Orinoco Delta region in Venezuela and neighboring areas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Guarauno canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Warao language
indigenous language
language
alternateName Warao
linked to: Warao people
associatedRegion Orinoco Delta wetlands
linked to: Orinoco Delta
associatedRiver Orinoco River
belongsToMacroArea South America
country Venezuela
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Warao people
glottocode wara1303
hasAlternativeName Guarao
Warau
linked to: Warrau

Warrau
hasAlternativeSpelling Guaraúna
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasBiblePortionsTranslated yes
hasDialects various regional dialects
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts yes
hasLinguisticResearch descriptive grammars and dictionaries exist
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasOrthographyStandardized partially
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between oral and nasal vowels
hasSpeakerCommunityType riverine and deltaic communities
influencedBy Spanish
ISO639-3 wba
languageFamily language isolate
linguisticClassificationStatus unclassified beyond being a language isolate
minorityLanguageIn Guyana
Suriname
neighboringMajorLanguage Spanish
primaryCountryOfUse Venezuela
region Orinoco Delta region
linked to: Orinoco Delta
spokenBy Warao people
spokenIn Delta Amacuro
linked to: Delta Amacuro State

Guyana
Orinoco Delta
Suriname
Venezuela
northeastern Venezuela
usedAlongside Spanish in bilingual communities
usedFor daily communication among Warao people
ritual and ceremonial contexts
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (2)

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

Guarao hasAlternativeName Guarauno