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Preferred term

aucWaorani  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Huaorani (Waorani) language, commonly known as Sabela (also Wao, Huao, Auishiri, Aushiri, Ssabela ; autonym: Wao Terero; pejorative: Auka, Auca) is a language isolate spoken by the Huaorani people, an indigenous group living in the Amazon Rainforest between the Napo and Curaray Rivers. A small number of speakers with so-called uncontacted groups may live in Peru.

Entry terms

  • Huaorani language

ISO 639-3 code

  • auc

Notation

  • auc

In other languages

  • Huaorani

    French

  • Auca

    German

  • Idioma huaorani

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/auc

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