The Wounaan language, also known as Noanamá and Woun Meu, is a
Chocoan language, with around 10,000 speakers on the border between
Panama
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and
Colombia
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.
Phonology
The following tables show the vowel and consonant sounds of Wounaan, transcribed using the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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Vowels
Consonants
* occurs as across dialects.
* occurs as at the end of a word.
Notes
References
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Choco languages
Embera-Wounaan
Indigenous languages of Central America
Indigenous languages of the South American Northwest
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