| Ỹaroamë | |
| Nativename: | Jawari |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /[ɲãɾoˈamɨ], [ʤaˈwaɾi]/ |
| States: | Brazil |
| Region: | Roraima |
| Ethnicity: | Yanomami |
| Speakers: | 430 |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Yanomam |
| Iso3: | yro |
| Glotto: | yaro1235 |
| Glottorefname: | Yaroame |
| Map: | Yanomaman.svg |
| Mapcaption: | Yanomaman languages location |
Ỹaroamë, or Jawari (Jauari), is a language spoken by the Yanomami people in southern Roraima state, Brazil.[2] It was only recently recognized as a distinct language.
Its name Jawari (Yawari, Joari, Yoari, etc.) is shared with the Ninam language.
There are two dialects spoken in Roraima, Brazil:[2]
The inventory per Ferreira (2011):[3]
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ (ë) | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ |
| Stop | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affricate | pronounced as /ink/ (y) | |||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ (ỹ) | |||
| Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ (u) | |||||
| Flap | pronounced as /ink/~pronounced as /ink/ (r) |
/x/ > [ʃ]/_i
/ə/ > [ɨ]/N_
pronounced as //t͡ʃ// and pronounced as //ɲ// are cognate to the oral and nasal allophones of pronounced as //j// in Yanomam; for this reason they are written (y) and (ỹ) in Yaroame.