Waninawa language

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Waninawa
(Panoan) Katukína
Noke Vanna
Native toBrazil
Native speakers
700 (2010)[1]
Panoan
  • Mainline Panoan
    • Nawa
      • Marubo
        • Waninawa
Dialects
  • Olinda
  • Sete Estreles
  • Kanamari (Canawari)
Language codes
ISO 639-3knt
Glottologpano1254
ELPKatukina do Acre

Waninawa, also known as Kamanawa and Panoan Katukína, is a Panoan language of Brazil.

Dialects are Katukina of Olinda, Katukina of Sete Estreles, and the extinct Kanamari (Canawari) (cf. Kanamari).[2]

Phonology

Vowels

Waninawa vowel phones[3]
Front Central Back
Oral Nasal Oral Nasal Oral Nasal
unrounded rounded
Close i ĩ ũ
Near-close ɪ ɪ̃ ʊ ʊ̃
Close-mid e o õ
Mid ə ə̃
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Near-open ɐ
Open ɑ
Waninawa vowel phonemes[3]
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Open a

Consonants

Waninawa consonant phonemes[3]
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Alveopalatal Palatal Velar
Occlusive p t k
Nasal m n ɲ
Tap ɾ
Affricate ts
Fricative ɛ s ʂ ʃ
Approximant w j

References

  1. Waninawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Fleck, David W. (October 10, 2013). Panoan Languages and Linguistics. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History. p. 11. doi:10.5531/sp.anth.0099 (inactive 19 August 2025). hdl:2246/6448. ISBN 978-0-9852016-23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2025 (link)
  3. 1 2 3 "Fonêmica Preliminar da Língua Katukina (Páno)" (PDF). www.sbpcnet.org.br. Retrieved March 22, 2025.