瓦奥语

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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。
ptkbd~ɾɟ~jɡmnɲŋw
 前非前口鼻口鼻高iĩ中eẽɵ~o~ɤɵ̃~õ~ɤ̃低ææ̃aa

 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。

 参考文献 

 外部链接 
 Lengua Sabela 
 Huaorani - Spanish Dictionary 
 Waorani language dictionary online from IDS (select simple or advanced browsing)

 相关文献 
 Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
 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.
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