| Waiká | |
|---|---|
| Yąnomamɨ | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Roraima,Amazonas |
| Ethnicity | Yanomami |
Native speakers | 6,000 (2006)[1] |
Yanomam
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wca |
| Glottolog | yano1262 |
| ELP | Yanomam |
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Waiká, alsoYanomám (or Yanomae, Yanomama, Yanomami),[2] is one of several closely related languages spoken by theYanomami people inBrazil. Most speakers are monolingual. For a grammatical description, seeYanomaman languages.
The namesWaika (Guaica) andYanomami are shared with theYanomamö language.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iĩ | ɨɨ̃ | uũ |
| Mid | eẽ | ə | oõ |
| Open | aã |
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