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Waura Indian Language

Waura is an Arawakan language of South America, spoken by 250 people in Brazil. It is most closely related to Mehinaku; some linguists consider the two to be dialects of a single language. Waura is a polysynthetic language with predominantly SVO word order.

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Waura Vocabulary:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Waura language, with comparison to words in other Arawakan languages.

Vocabulário uaurá/vaurá:
Waura-Portuguese wordlist with translations into Spanish and English.

Waurá-Meinaku:
Waura language information including a linguistic map of South America. Page in Spanish.

House of Languages: Waurá:
Information about Waura language usage.

Ethnologue: Waura:
Demographic information on the Waura language.

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

Waurá Language Structures:
Waura linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

Waura Culture and History

Map of Xingu Indigenous Park:
Tribal map of the Xingu, including the location of the Waura tribe.

Wauja People:
Historical and cultural information on the Waura tribe. Includes photographs.

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