Language isolate spoken by the Huaorani people of the Amazon
Not to be confused with Aushiri language or Warao language.
Sabela
Huaorani / Waorani
Wao Terero
Native to
Ecuador, Peru
Region
Oriente or Ecuadorian Amazon
Ethnicity
1,800 Huaorani people (2012)[1]
Native speakers
2,000 (2004)[2]
Language family
Language isolate
Official status
Official language in
Ecuador: indigenous languages official in own territories
Language codes
ISO 639-3
auc
Glottolog
waor1240
ELP
Waorani
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.
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