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Wounaan language

Chocoan language of Panama and Colombia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Wounaan language, also known as Noanamá and Woun Meu, is a Chocoan language, with around 10,000 speakers on the border between Panama and Colombia.

NativetoColombia, Panama
EthnicityEmbera-Wounaan
Native speakers
10,800 (2007)[1]
Chocoan
  • Wounaan
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Wounaan
Noanamá
Woun Meu
Native toColombia, Panama
EthnicityEmbera-Wounaan
Native speakers
10,800 (2007)[1]
Chocoan
  • Wounaan
Language codes
ISO 639-3noa
Glottologwoun1238
ELPWaunana
Linguasphere81-EIA-b
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Phonology

The following tables show the vowel and consonant phonemes of Wounaan, transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Vowels

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Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
Closeoral i ɯ u
nasal ĩ ɯ̃ ũ
Close-midoral e ɤ o
nasal ẽ ɤ̃ õ
Openoral a
nasal ã
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Consonants

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Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop voiceless p t k ʔ
aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
voiced b d g
Affricate
Fricative s ɕ h
Nasal m n
Approximant l j w
Trill r
Flap ɾ
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  • /ɕ/ occurs as [t͡ʃ] across dialects, and as [ʃ] at the end of a word.[3]

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