Wayana

Language code

way

Location

1°13'01"N 54°39'25"W

Family

Carib

Consonants	Bilabial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p	t			k
Fricative						h
Nasal	m	n
Approximant				j	w
Tap, flap			ɽ

Vowels	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ɨ	ɯ
Mid	e	ə	ɤ
Low		a

Suprasegmental

None

Bibliography

Tavares, Petronila. 2006. A Grammar of Wayana. PhD dissertation, Rice University.

Notes

The choice of symbols for the back vowels in the inventory presented here is influenced by Tavares' (2006: 9) observation that “[t]he back vowels /u/ and /o/ are articulated with the lips unrounded. They are therefore different from the vowels found in English or French in which the lips are rounded and prominent.”