Asụsụ Waiwai
Waiwai / ˈw aɪw aɪ / (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) bụ asụsụ Cariban nke dị na ugwu Brazil, yana narị ndị na-asụ narị di na nwunye gafere ókè na ndịda Guyana na Suriname .
Katawiana, ma ọ bụ Parukuto, bụ olumba; Karahawyana enweghị nkọwa mana ọ nwere ike ịbụ otu ihe ahụ.
fonology
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Consonants
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]| Labial | Alveolar | Mkpesa-<br id="mwJg"><br><br><br> alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwụsị | t | tʃ | k | |||
| Ihu imi | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Nke na-ese okwu | ɸ | s | ʃ | h | ||
| Kpatụ | ɺ | ɭ̥̆ | ||||
| Odika | w | j |
Udaume
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]| N'ihu | Central | Azu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elu | i iː | ɨ ɨː | ị ị |
| N'etiti | eː | o oː | |
| Dị ala | a aː |
- Enwere ike ịnụ /o/ dị ka [ʌ] mgbe ị na-eso consonants palatal /tʃ, ʃ/.
- /a/ nwere ike ịnụ dị ka [æ] mgbe ụda /j, tʃ/ na-ebute ụzọ, ma na-esochi ụda /w, m, s/. [1]
Ntụaka
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]n'ime ala site n'ụsọ oké osimiri. Malala (
- ↑ Hawkins (1998). Wai Wai. Desmond Derbyshire and Geoffrey Pullum (eds.), Handbook of Handbook of Amazonian Languages, Vol. 4: Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 25–224.
Njikọ mpụga
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Waiwai Collection of 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)