Waiwai (Wai-Wai, Wai Wai, Ouayeone, Uaieue or Uaiuai) Periodic Table of the Elements |
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Cu Kobre |
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Sn Estañu_Estaño |
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| Au Ooru |
Pb Xumbu |
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Waiwai is a member of the Parukotoan
branch of the Cariban language family. It is spoken by
about 2,200 people mainly in in northern Brazil, and also
in southern Guyana, and southern Suriname. In Brazil, it
is spoken particularly in Oriximiná on the Nhamundá /
Mapuera River in the northwest of State of Pará, on the
Jatapuzinho River in the southeast of the State of
Roraima, and on the Mapuera River in the northeast of the
State of Amazonas. Waiwai is also known as Wai-Wai, Wai Wai, Ouayeone, Uaieue or Uaiuai. It is written with the Latin alphabet using an orthography developed by the Hawkins brothers, North American missionary linguists from the Unevangelized Fields Mission (UFM) who started working with the Waiwai people in 1949. They learnt and documented the language, and translated the Bible and other material into Waiwai. |
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