Wayãpi or Wayampi (Waiãpi, Guayapi, Oiampí) is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken by the Wayãpi people. It is spoken in French Guiana and Brazil.
Wayãpi | |
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Wayampi | |
Region | French Guiana, Brazil |
Ethnicity | Wayãpi |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2000)[1] |
Tupian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | oym |
Glottolog | waya1270 |
ELP | Wayampí |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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plain | lab. | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Plosive | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | |
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Approximant | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | ||
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Close | i ĩ | ɯ ɯ̃ | u ũ | |
Mid | e ẽ | o õ | ||
Open | a ã |
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]
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