Noanamá

Wounaan language

Wounaan language

Chocoan language of Panama and Colombia

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.

Quick Facts Native to, Ethnicity ...

Phonology

The following tables show the vowel and consonant sounds of Wounann, transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.[2]

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

Consonants

More information Bilabial, Alveolar ...

/ɕ/ occurs as [t͡ʃ] across dialects.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Wounaan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Mejía, Gustavo (2000). Presentación y descripción fonológica y morfosintáctica del waunana. In González de Pérez, María Stella and Rodríguez de Montes, María Luisa (eds.), Lenguas indígenas de Colombia: una visión descriptiva: Santafé de Bogotá: Instituto Caro y Cuervo. pp. 85–96.
  3. [3]
    Murillo Miranda, José Manuel; Marín Esquivel, Rebeca (2022). Notas sobre la fonología del waunana de Panamá. Revista Lengua Y Literatura, 8. pp. 17–39.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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