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The accent in Wayuu generally falls on the second syllable of the word, except when it begins with a geminate vowel (VV) or a consonant followed by a geminate vowel (CVV) or with a closed syllable (CVC), in which case the accent falls on the first syllable. vocal.
Typical Wayuu rectangular "day house" with hammocks by the Caribbean Sea. The typical house is a small structure called a piichi or miichi, generally divided into two rooms with hammocks to sleep in and keep personal belongings such purses or mochilas of acrylic fiber and ceramics to keep water. Wayuu culture is known for making Wayuu bags or ...
The vocabulary of northwestern Venezuela was shaped by numerous Arawak communities along the coast of Falcón state and the Guajira Peninsula. The Wayuu people communicate in Guajiro, while the Paraujano † language, once spoken by the Paraujano or Añú people, has faded. With the arrival of Europeans, the dominant Caquetío language emerged.
The Wayuu Wikipedia (Wikipeetia süka wayuunaiki) is an edition of Wikipedia in the Wayuu language.It was created on 27 February 2023. The Wayuu Wikipedia project was in the Wikimedia Incubator between 2008 and 2023 and was developed by activists, teachers, professors, directors and leaders of the Wayuu people with the support of the Wayuu Digital Network.
Barquisimeto (Spanish pronunciation: [baɾkisiˈmeto]; Wayuu: Watkisimeeta) is a city in Venezuela.Barquisimeto is located in the Central-Western Region, Venezuela.It is the capital of the state of Lara and head of Iribarren Municipality.
1SG -face no-tiho 1SG-face my face tiho-ti face- ALIEN tiho-ti face-ALIEN (someone's) face Classifiers Many Arawakan languages have a system of classifier morphemes that mark the semantic category of the head noun of a noun phrase on most other elements of the noun phrase. The example below is from the Tariana language, in which classifier suffixes mark the semantic category of the head noun ...
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The term is still used in other parts of Spanish America; for example, the Wayuu tribes in northern Colombia call their villages rancherías. The Columbia Encyclopedia describes it as: a type of communal settlement formerly characteristic of the Yaqui Indians of Sonora , Tepehuanes of Durango , Mexico, and of various small Native American ...