Waiká language
{{short description|Language}}
{{for|other ethnic Yanomami languages|Yanomaman languages}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Waiká
|nativename={{lang|wca|Yąnomamɨ}}
|states=Brazil
|ethnicity=Yanomami
|speakers=6,000
|date=2006
|ref=e18
|familycolor=American
|fam1=Yanomam
|iso3=wca
|glotto=yano1262
|glottorefname= Yanomám
|map = Yanomaman.svg
|mapcaption = Yanomaman languages location
{{legend|#ffccaa|Yanomamö}}
{{legend|#ff9955|Ninam}}
{{legend|#ff6600|Yanomám}}
{{legend|#aa4400|Sanumá}}
{{legend|#552200|Ỹaroamë}}
}}
Waiká, also Yanomám (or Yanomae, Yanomama, Yanomami),Ferreira, Helder Perri; Machado, Ana Maria Antunes; Senra, Estevão Benfica. 2019. [https://acervo.socioambiental.org/acervo/publicacoes-isa/linguas-yanomami-no-brasil-diversidade-e-vitalidade 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}} 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
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Consonants ! colspan="2" | |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPAlink|m}} |{{IPAlink|n}} | | | |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |Plosive
!plain |{{IPAlink|p}} |{{IPAlink|t}} | |{{IPAlink|k}} | |
| aspirated
| |{{IPAlink|tʰ}} | | | |
| colspan="2" |Fricative
|{{IPAlink|f}} |{{IPAlink|s}} |{{IPAlink|ʃ}} | |{{IPAlink|h}} |
| colspan="2" |Flap
| |{{IPAlink|ɾ}} | | | |
| colspan="2" |Approximant
|{{IPAlink|w}} |({{IPAlink|l}}) |{{IPAlink|j}} | | |
/ɾ/ may alternate to a lateral approximant [l] sound.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Vowels ! !Back |
| Close
|{{IPAlink|i}} {{IPAlink|ĩ}} |{{IPAlink|ɨ}} {{IPAlink|ɨ̃}} |{{IPAlink|u}} {{IPAlink|ũ}} |
|---|
| Mid
|{{IPAlink|e}} {{IPAlink|ẽ}} |{{IPAlink|ə}} |{{IPAlink|o}} {{IPAlink|õ}} |
| Open
| |{{IPAlink|a}} {{IPAlink|ã}} | |
References
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