Waiká language
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Waiká | |
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Yąnomamɨ | |
Native to | Brazil |
Region | Roraima, Amazonas |
Ethnicity | Yanomami |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2006)[1] |
Yanomam
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wca |
Glottolog | yano1262 |
ELP | Yanomam |
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Waiká, also Yanomám (or Yanomae, Yanomama, Yanomami),[2] is one of several closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people in Brazil. Most speakers are monolingual. For a grammatical description, see Yanomaman languages.
The names Waika (Guaica) and Yanomami are shared with the Yanomamö language.
Phonology
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ||||
Plosive | plain | p | t | k | ||
aspirated | tʰ | |||||
Fricative | f | s | ʃ | h | ||
Flap | ɾ | |||||
Approximant | w | (l) | j |
/ɾ/ may alternate to a lateral approximant [l] sound.[2]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
Mid | e ẽ | ə | o õ |
Open | a ã |
References
[edit]- ^ Waiká at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Ferreira, Helder Perri; Machado, Ana Maria Antunes; Senra, Estevão Benfica. 2019. As línguas Yanomami no Brasil: diversidade e vitalidade. São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) and Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN). 216pp. ISBN 978-85-8226-076-0