Waorani
[aka Auishiri, Auca, Sabela]Classification: Isolate
·threatened
- PLACES
- Ecuador
Language metadata
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Auishiri, Auca, Sabela, Huarani, Warani, Auixiri, Huaorani, Waodani, Huao, Wao, Wao Tededö |
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Isolate, South American |
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ISO 639-3 |
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auc |
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Language information by source
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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter
Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter
Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Quichua
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
They are very isolated from Western civilization. Many are switching to Quichua because of mixed marriages and bilingual education programs taught by Quichua teachers who do not speak Sabela.
- PLACES
- Ecuador
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Ecuador, eastern jungle, between the Napo River in the north, the Curaray and Cononaco rivers in the south, the Peruvian border in the east, and the headwaters of the Curaray and Nushino in the west.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press