Waurá

Facts

  • Language: Waurá
  • Alternate names: Waura, Uaurá, Aura, Waurá, Uaura, Uara, Mahinacu, Waurá-Meinaku
  • Language code: wau
  • Language family: Maipurean, Southern, Central, Waurá, Waurá-Meinaku (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 410
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Waurá-Mehinaku (Uara, Aura, Mahinacu): Ethnologue has Mehináku (Mehinaco, Mahinaku, Minaco) as a separate language, but said to be “somewhat intelligible with Waurá”, and Waurá is reportedly “partially intelligible withMehináku”. Aikhenvald (1999a: 67) also has Waurá and Mehinaku as separate languages. ELCat would prefer to have a single entry for Mehinku and Waurá, but given the difference of opinion, both languages have separate entries.