Wayãpi or Wayampi (Waiãpi, Guayapi, Oiampí) is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken by the Wayãpi people. It is spoken in French Guiana and Brazil.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | |
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | ɯ ɯ̃ | u ũ | |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ | ||
| Open | a ã | |||
In closed syllables, /e, o/ are heard as [ɛ, ɔ].[4]
Orthography
Wayãpi is spelt phonetically based on the International Phonetic Alphabet, and not according the French orthography.[5] The spelling uses the letter ɨ for the close central unrounded vowel between i and u.[6] 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 pronounced mb. All letters are pronounced.[6]
References
- ^ Wayãpi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Copin (2012), p. 409
- ^ Copin (2012), p. 412
- ^ Copin (2012)
- ^ Grenand & Grenand (2017), p. 18
- ^ a b Grenand & Grenand (2017), p. 20
Bibliography
- Copin, François (2012), Grammaire wayampi (famille tupi-guarani), Université de Paris
- Grenand, Pierre; Grenand, Françoise Grenand (2017). "Pour une histoire de la cartographie des territoires teko et wayãpi (Commune de Camopi, Guyane française)". Revue d’ethnoécologie (in French) (11). doi:10.4000/ethnoecologie.3007.
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