Wanano language
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Guanano (also Wanano) is a Tucanoan language spoken in the northwest part of Amazonas in Brazil and in Vaupés in Colombia.
Classification
Guanano belongs to the Northern branch of the Eastern Tucanoan languages, along with Arapaso, Piratapuyo, and Tucano.
Geographic distribution
There are around 550 speakers of Guanano in Brazil and 450 in Colombia.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palato alveolar |
Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||
| Affricate | tʃ | |||||||||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||||||
| Flap | r | |||||||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||||||
Nasalization is carried on vowels. Voiced plosives and /j/ may surface as the nasal consonants /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, and /ɲ/ in the environment of nasal vowels.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ɨ | u |
| Low | e | a | o |
Suprasegmental Elements
Syllables may be marked with either a high or low stress accent. Nasalization is suprasegmental moves from left to right through a word.
Grammar
Guanano is an SOV language.
Vocabulary
Personal Pronouns
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Person Exclusive | /yɨɨ́/ [yɨˈʔɨ] "I" | /sã́/ [ˈsã] "we (and not you)" |
| 1st Person Inclusive | /bãrĩ́/ [mãˈňĩ] "we (and you)" | |
| 2nd Person | /bɨ̃ɨ̃́/ [mɨ̃ˈʔɨ̃] "you" | /bɨ̃sã́/ [mɨ̃ɨ̥̃ˈsã] "you" |
| 3rd Person Masculine | /tíro/ [ˈtiro] "he" | /tídã/ [ˈtinã] "they" |
| 3rd Person Feminine | /tí-koro/ [ˈtikoro] "she" |
References
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.[This citation is dated, and should be substituted with a specific edition of Ethnologue]
- Waltz, Nathan E. (2002). "Innovations in Wanano (Eastern Tucanoan) When Compared to Piratapuyo". International Journal of American Linguistics. 68 (2): 157–215.
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