Waiká language
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Waiká, also Yanomám (or Yanomae, Yanomama, Yanomami), 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
| 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.