Warekena (Guarequena), or more precisely Warekena of Xié, is an Arawakan language of Brazil and of Maroa Municipality in Venezuela, spoken near the Guainia River.
It is one of several languages which go by the generic name Baré and Baniwa/Baniva – in this case, distinguished as Baniva de Maroa or Baniva de Guainía.
Kaufman (1994) classified it in a Warekena group of Western Nawiki Upper Amazonian, Aikhenvald (1999) in Eastern Nawiki.
[4] Unmarked constituent order is AVO, VSo, SaV, or SioV.
[3] wa-hãthen-PAUSwaʃijaguaryutʃia-hãkill-PAUSematapirwa-hã waʃi yutʃia-hã emathen-PAUS jaguar kill-PAUS tapir"Then the jaguar killed the tapir"ʃupe-hẽmany-PAUSʃiani-pechild-PLʃupe-hẽ ʃiani-pemany-PAUS child-PL"Children are many"peyaonenu-yaɺitua1sg-brotherwiyuadiepeya nu-yaɺitua wiyuaone 1sg-brother die"One of my brothers dies"nu-yue1sg-formawalihungrynu-yue mawali1sg-for hungry"I am hungry"Indirect objects tend to be placed immediately after the predicate.