Wariʼ language

Wariʼ
Pakaás Novos
wariʼ
Pronunciation[ʔwariʔ]
Native toBrazil
RegionRondônia
EthnicityWariʼ people
Native speakers
2,700 (2006)
Chapacuran
Dialects
  • Northern
Wari’-’Oro Waram
Wari’-’Oro Mon
Wari’-’Oro Waram Xijen
  • Southern
Wari’-’Oro Não’
Wari’-’Oro ’Eo
Wari’-’Oro ’At
Wari’-’Oro Jowin
Wari’-’Oro Kao Oro Aje
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3pav
Glottologwari1268
ELPWari'
Wari is classified as Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

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 of the Wariʼ people, 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.