Jarawara (also Jaruara, Jaruára, Yarawara) is a dialect of Madi, an Arauan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil. Jarawara is spoken by approximately 155 people.

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

The liquid /r/ may be realized as a trill [r], flap [ɾ], or lateral [l]. The palatal stop /ɟ/ may be realized as a semivowel [j].

The glottal fricative /h̃/ is nasalized. See rhinoglottophilia.

Bibliography

• Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
• Dixon, R. M. W. (1995). "Fusional development of gender marking in Jarawara possessed nouns". International Journal of American Linguistics 61 263–294.
• Dixon, R. M. W. (2000). "A-constructions and O-constructions in Jarawara". International Journal of American Linguistics 66 22–56.
• Dixon, R. M. W. (2003). Word: A Cross-Linguistic Typology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Dixon, R. M. W. (2004). The Jarawara language of Southern Amazonia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-927067-8.
• Dixon, R. M. W.; Vogel, A. R. (1996). "Reduplication in Jarawara". Languages of the World 10 24–31.
• Gordon, Ryamond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Fifteenth edition, Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.
• Kaufman, Terrence (1994). Atlas of the world's languages. London: Routledge.

See also

• Arauan languages

External links

• Ethnologue: Jaruára
• Proel: Lengua Jarawara