Wari

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Wari’

Wari’ may refer to:

Wari’ people

The Wari', also known as the Pakaa Nova, are an indigenous people of Brazil, living in seven villages in the Amazon rainforest in the state of Rondônia. Their first contact with European settlers was on the shores of the Pakaa Nova River, a tributary of the Mamoré River. Many of them live within the Sagarana Indigenous Territory.

Name

Europeans at one time used the name "Pakaa Nova" to refer to the Wari', because they encountered the indigenous people near there. The people prefer to be referred to as "Wari'", their term in their language meaning "we, people." They are also known as the Jaru, Oro Wari, Pacaas-Novos, Pacahanovo, Pakaanova, Pakaanovas, Uari, and Uomo.

Language

The Wari' speak the Pakaásnovos language, which belongs to the Txapakura, or Chapacura-Wanham language family. Parts of the Bible were translated into their language from 1975 to 1984.

Population and locations

Along with the Torá, the Moré (or Itenes) and the Oro Win, the Wari' are the last of the Txapakura language linguistic group. Other groups were exterminated by Europeans or neo-Brazilians.