瓦奥语,通常被称为 Sabela (别称还有:Wao,Huao,Auishiri,Aushiri,Ssabela ; 自称: Wao Terero;贬称:Auka,Auca)是生活在厄瓜多尔亚马逊雨林的Napo河与Curaray河之间的原住民瓦奥人使用的语言。该语言是一门孤立语言。在秘鲁,有一小群说瓦奥语的未接触部落。
音系
瓦奥语区分鼻元音和口元音。音节结构为(C)V,元音丛比较密集。
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k
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b
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d~ɾ
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ɟ~j
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ɡ
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m
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n
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ɲ
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ŋ
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w
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前
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非前
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口
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鼻
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口
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鼻
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高
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i
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ĩ
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中
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e
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ẽ
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ɵ~o~ɤ
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ɵ̃~õ~ɤ̃
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低
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æ
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æ̃
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a
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a
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方言
瓦奥语有三个方言: Tiguacuna(Tiwakuna)方言、Tuei(Tiwi Tuei, Tiwi)方言, 和 Shiripuno方言。
系属关系
Sabela何任何已知语言都没有系属关系。 但是, Terrence Kaufman认为它属于 Yawan 语族。
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- Greenberg, Joseph H. (1987). Language in the Americas. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
- Kaufman, Terrence. (1990). Language History in South America: What We Know and How to Know More. In D. L. Payne (Ed.), Amazonian Linguistics: Studies in Lowland South American languages (pp. 13–67). Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-70414-3.
- Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The Native Languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the World's Languages (pp. 46–76). London: Routledge.
- Peeke, M. Catherine. (2003). A Bibliography of the Waorani of Ecuador. SIL International. Retrieved 2007 December 26 from https://web.archive.org/web/20121002142511/http://www.sil.org/silewp/2003/silewp2003-006.pdf
- Pike, Evelyn G and Rachel Saint. 1988. Workpapers Concerning Waorani discourse features. Dallas, TX: SIL.
- Rival, Laura. Trekking through History: The Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador, Columbia University Press, 2002.