Waiká language

For other ethnic Yanomami languages, see Yanomaman languages.

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.

Waiká
Yąnomamɨ
Native to	Brazil
Region	Roraima, Amazonas
Ethnicity	Yanomami
Native speakers	6,000 (2006)[1]
Language family	Yanomam Waiká
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wca
Glottolog	yano1262
ELP	Yanomam
Yanomaman languages location   Yanomamö   Ninam   Yanomám   Sanumá   Ỹaroamë

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
	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