| Piaroa | |
|---|---|
| De'aruwa | |
| Native to | Colombia andVenezuela |
| Ethnicity | Piaroa people |
Native speakers | 13,000–14,000 (2001)[1] |
Piaroa–Saliban
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pid |
| Glottolog | piar1243 |
| ELP |
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Piaroa (also calledGuagua ~ Kuakua ~ Quaqua, Adole ~ Ature, Wo’tiheh) is an indigenous language ofColombia andVenezuela, native to theHuottüja people. Loukotka (1968) reports that it is spoken along theSipapo River,Orinoco River, andVentuari River.[2]
AWirö language (commonly calledMaco) is closely related, the two forming the Piaroan branch of the family.[3]
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| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nor. | lab. | nor. | lab. | ||||||
| Stop | Plain | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | |||
| Aspirated | pʰ~ɸ | tʰ | kʰ | kʰʷ | |||||
| Ejective | pʼ | tʼ | kʼ | kʷʼ | |||||
| Glottal | ˀb | ˀd | |||||||
| Affricate | Plain | t͡ʃ~t͡s | |||||||
| Aspirated | t͡sʰ | ||||||||
| Ejective | t͡sʼ | ||||||||
| Fricative | s | hˣ | hˣʷ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||||
| Flap/Lateral | ɾ | ʎ | |||||||
| Approximant | j~dʲ | w | |||||||
Palatalization of /k, kʰ, kʼ, hˣ/ may occur when before front vowels as [kʲ, kʲʰ, kʲʼ, hʲ].
/pʰ/ may also be heard as a fricative [ɸ] in free variation.
Sounds /j/ and /t͡ʃ/ may have allophones of [dʲ, t͡s].
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u ɯ |
| Mid | e | ɤ~o | |
| Open | æ | ɑ~ɒ |
Vowels /ɤ, ɑ/ are rounded as [o, ɒ] when after labial sounds.[4]
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