Author: PIKE, EVELYN G. & RACHEL SAINT (EDITED BY)
Title: Workpapers Concerning Waorani Discourse Features (English and South American Indian Edition)
Description: Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0883126257. Trade PB. This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book cover has several small spots of ground-in dirt, and one spot of rubbing to the front cover where there is some color loss. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Waorani (Huaorani) language, commonly known as Sabela (also Wao, Huao, Auishiri, Aushiri, Ssabela ; autonym: Wao Terero; pejorative: Auka, Auca) is a vulnerable language isolate spoken by the Huaorani people, an indigenous group living in the Amazon rainforest between the Napo and Curaray Rivers in Ecuador. A small number of speakers with so-called uncontacted groups may live in Peru. Huaorani is considered endangered due to growing bilingualism in Quechua and Spanish and diminishing Huaorani usage among youth. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

Keywords: 0883126257 Language Studies Evelyn G. Pike Rachel Saint Waorani Langauge Amazon Rain Forests Huaorani People Ecuador


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