Waninawa language
| Waninawa | |
|---|---|
| (Panoan) Katukína | |
| Noke Vanna | |
| Native to | Brazil |
Native speakers | 700 (2010)[1] |
Panoan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | knt |
| Glottolog | pano1254 |
| ELP | Katukina 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 (cf. Kanamari) (Fleck 2013).
Phonology
| Front | Central | Back | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | Nasal | Oral | Nasal | Oral | Nasal | ||
| unrounded | rounded | ||||||
| Close | i | ĩ | ɨ | u | ũ | ||
| Near-close | ɪ | ɪ̃ | ʊ | ʊ̃ | |||
| Close-mid | e | ẽ | o | õ | |||
| Mid | ə | ə̃ | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |||||
| Near-open | ɐ | ||||||
| Open | a | ɑ | |||||
References
- ^ Waninawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Fonêmica Preliminar da Língua Katukina (Páno)" (PDF). www.sbpcnet.org.br. Retrieved March 22, 2025.