Wiwa language

Dʉmʉna (also known as Malayo or Wiwa)^[2][3][4] is a Chibchan language spoken by the Indigenous Wiwa people on the southern and eastern slopes of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia. According to Ethnologue, it was spoken by 1,850 people in 2007;^[4] however, according to the Colombian Ministry of Culture, there were 13,627 Wiwa people in 2010, of whom some 60% speak Dʉmʉna well.^[5]

Dʉmʉna
Damana, Malayo, Wiwa, Arosario, Arsario, Guamaca, Guamaka, Maracasero, Marocasero, Sancá, Sanja, Sanka, Wamaka
Dʉmʉna
Native to	Colombia
Region	Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Ethnicity	Wiwa people
Native speakers	1,850 (2007)[1]
Language family	Chibchan Arwako–Chimila Arwako Dʉmʉna
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mbp
Glottolog	mala1522
ELP	Guamaca

Phonology

Vowels

There are seven phonemic vowels in Dʉmʉna:^[6]

Vowel phonemes

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open		a

Consonants

Dʉmʉna has 19 phonemic consonants:^[6]

Consonant phonemes

	Labial		Dental/ Alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		m		n
Stop	p	b	t	d	tʃ	dʒ	k	g
Fricative			s	z	ʃ	ʒ			h
Flap				ɾ
Trill				r
Continuant		w		l