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Waiwai Indian Language

Waiwai is a Carib language of South America, spoken by 2000 people in Brazil and Guyana. Waiwai is an agglutinative language with complex verb morphology. Word order is primarily SOV.

˜Waiwai Language Resources –

Waiwai Words
Our list of vocabulary words in the Waiwai language, with comparison to words in other Cariban languages.

La Lengua Waiwai:
Information on Waiwai including a linguistic map of South America. Page in Spanish.

House of Languages: Waiwai

Tunayana

Taruma:
Information about Waiwai language usage.

Waiwai Language:
Demographic information on Waiwai from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Waiwai Language Tree:
Theories about Waiwai's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Wai Wai Language Structures:
Waiwai linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

Waiwai Culture and History Links

Wáiwai Culture:
Article on the history and traditions of the Waiwai tribe.

Wai Wai Indians:
Overview of the Waiwai people, with photographs.

The Waiwai of Brazil:
Brief profile of the Waiwai tribe.

Waiwai:
Article and photographs on the Waiwai culture.

Wai-Wai People:
Encyclopedia articles on the Waiwai Indians.

Books for sale on the Waiwais

Getting to Know Waiwai: An Amazonian Ethnography:
Detailed monograph on the Waiwai tribe.

Of Passionate Curves and Desirable Cadences: Themes on Waiwai Social Being:
Interesting book on the Waiwai worldview.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Os Wai Wai (Karafawyana)

Los Waiwai:
Information about the Waiwais in Portuguese and Spanish.

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