Warao

Warao is a language isolate spoken in Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname, by about 32.8 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Warao · 7.5°N 59.4°W

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Warao (also known as Guarauno, Guarao, Warrau) is the Native language of the Warao people. A language isolate, it is spoken by about 33,000 people primarily in northern Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. It is notable for its unusual object–subject–verb word order. The 2015 Venezuelan film Gone with the River was spoken in Warao.

From Wikipedia · Warao language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Warao

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	warau*
name	wai*
eye	mu*
ear	kohoko*
nose	hikoto*
tooth	i*
tongue	hono*
hand	moho*
blood	hotu*
bone	muhu*
skin	horo*
knee	mukuru*
breast	ami*
liver	mahi*
water	ho
fire	hekunu*
sun	za*
star	kura*
stone	hozo*
mountain	hotakwai*
tree	dau*
leaf	dauaroko*
night	ima*
dog	beroro*
fish	homakaba*
louse	ami*
one	hishaka*
two	manamu*
I	ine*
you	zatu*