Also Known As: Auishiri,Auca,Huaorani,Sabela,Huao,Waodani
Description:
The Huaorani language (also Huao, Auishiri, Aushiri, Waorani, Wao, Sabela, Ssabela, ; autonym: Huao 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.
Huaorani has 3 varieties:
Various hypothetical groupings have included Huaorani:..... full article at Wikipedia |