Waiká language

Waiká
Waiká
Yąnomamɨ
Native to	Brazil
Region	Roraima, Amazonas
Ethnicity	Yanomami
Native speakers	6,000 (2006)
Language family	Yanomam Waiká;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wca
Glottolog	yano1262
ELP	Yanomam
	Yanomaman languages location Yanomamö Ninam Yanomám Sanumá Ỹaroamë

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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

Consonants
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	plain	p	t		k
Plosive	aspirated		tʰ
Fricative		f	s	ʃ		h
Flap			ɾ
Approximant		w	(l)	j

/ɾ/ may alternate to a lateral approximant [l] sound.^[2]

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ	ɨ ɨ̃	u ũ
Mid	e ẽ	ə	o õ
Open		a ã

References

^ 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

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[e18-1] Waiká at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Ferreira-2019-2] 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

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