Wariʼ language
| Wariʼ | |
|---|---|
| Pakaás Novos | |
| wariʼ | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rondônia |
| Ethnicity | Wariʼ people |
Native speakers | 2,700 (2006) |
Chapacuran
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pav |
| Glottolog | wari1268 |
| ELP | Wari' |
Location of the Chapacuran language family. | |
The Wariʼ language (also Orowari, Wari, Pacaá Novo, Pacaás Novos, Pakaa Nova, Pakaásnovos) is the sole remaining vibrant language of the Chapacuran language family of the Brazilian–Bolivian border region of the Amazon. It has about 2,700 speakers, also called Wariʼ, who live along tributaries of the Pacaas Novos river in Western Brazil. The word wariʼ means "we!" in the Wariʼ language and is the term given to the language and tribe by its speakers. Wariʼ is written in the Latin script.