Wayampi language
Wayampi (Guayapi, Oiampí) is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken by the Wayampi people. It is spoken in French Guiana and Brazil.
| Wayampi | |
|---|---|
| Region | French Guiana, Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Wayampi |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2000)[1] |
Tupian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | oym |
| Glottolog | waya1270[2] |
Orthography
Wayampi is spelt phonetically based on the International Phonetic Alphabet, and not according the French orthography.[3] The spelling uses the letter ɨ for the close central unrounded vowel between i and u.[4] e is always pronounced é, vowels with a tilde are always nasal (ã, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ), ö is like the German O umlaut, and b is prenounced mb. All letters are pronounced.[4]
References
- Wayampi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wayampi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Grenand & Grenand 2017, p. 18.
- Grenand & Grenand 2017, p. 20.
Bibliography
- Grenand, Pierre; Grenand, Françoise Grenand (2017). "Pour une histoire de la cartographie des territoires teko et wayãpi (Commune de Camopi, Guyane française)". Open Edition. Revue d’ethnoécologie (in French).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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