Waiká, also Yanomám (or Yanomae, Yanomama, Yanomami),Ferreira, Helder Perri; Machado, Ana Maria Antunes; Senra, Estevão Benfica. 2019.
As línguas Yanomami no Brasil: diversidade e vitalidade
'. São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) and Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN). 216pp. is one of several closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people in

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. Most speakers are monolingual. For a grammatical description, see

Yanomaman languages Yanomaman, also as Yanomam, Yanomáman, Yamomámi, and Yanomamana (also Shamatari, Shirianan), is a family of languages spoken by about 20,000 Yanomami, Yanomami people in southern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas State, Braz ...

. The names ''Waika (Guaica)'' and ''Yanomami'' are shared with the

Yanomamö language Yanomamö () is the most populous of several closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people. Most speakers are monolingual. It has no natively-used writing system. For a grammatical description, see Yanomaman languages Yanomaman, al ...

Phonology

/ɾ/ may alternate to a lateral approximant sound.

References

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