36.3386, Books: The Stories of Siko and Yowao: Vogel (2025)

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Date: 05-Nov-2025
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [support at langsci-press.org]
Subject: The Stories of Siko and Yowao: Vogel (2025)


Title: The Stories of Siko and Yowao
Subtitle: Jarawara Texts
Series Title: Open Text Collections
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Language Science Press
           http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/537

Author(s): Alan Vogel

eBook

Abstract:

The Jarawaras are a small Amerindian community in lowland Amazonia, in
the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Their language is one of half a dozen
languages of the Arawan family. Yowao and Siko, both now deceased,
were elderly Jarawara storytellers. Their stories are valuable from
several points of view. First is their literary value -- some of the
stories are quite humorous, for example. Secondly, they are a window
into the life of the Jarawaras -- their social relations, history, and
traditional religion. Finally, the interlinear presentation of the
texts will be of interest to linguists. The volume contains an
introduction which gives some background on the language and the
culture. This volume has English translations, but a version with
translations in Portuguese for Brazilian readers is also being
planned.

Linguistic Field(s): Typology

Language Family(ies): Arawan

Written In: English (eng)



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