Category talk:Wauja language
Hi, I am an anthropologist who speaks an endangered language, Wauja (ISO 639-3: wau; alternate spellings: Waura, Uaura, Aura) and who wants to contribute to this Wauja Wiktionary site.
I have several hundred Wauja terms that are on my PC, and I want to add them to the Wauja-English language site. However, the site uses the term "Waura," which is an outdated term, resulting from outsiders mispronouncing their name. The Wauja call themselves Wauja, not Waura. (Unfortunately, the Brazilian government currently issues official identity cards only with the old incorrect spelling, something young Wauja leaders have told me they would like to see changed.) Scholars who write about the Wauja are now using the correct spelling: https://www.google.com/search?q=arawak+languages+wauja&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb
Wikipedia also has it right: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waura&redirect=no It redirects readers from the "Waura" entry to the "Wauja" entry.
I would like to propose changing the name of this site from “Waura” to “Wauja.” I hope that this site will contribute to the Wauja community's pride in their language, and to a wider appreciation of their language and culture. The Wauja would be disappointed to see their name misspelled yet again. I would like to show respect for their language by spelling it properly.