Waninawa language

Not to be confused with Katukina language or Catuquinaru language.

Waninawa
(Panoan) Katukína
Noke Vanna
Native to	Brazil
Native speakers	700 (2010)[1]
Language family	Panoan Mainline Panoan Nawa Marubo Waninawa
Dialects	Olinda Sete Estreles Kanamari (Canawari) †
Language codes
ISO 639-3	knt
Glottolog	pano1254
ELP	Katukina do Acre

Waninawa, also known as Kamanawa and Panoan Katukína, is a Panoan language of Brazil.

Dialects are Katukina of Olinda, Katukina of Sete Estreles, and the extinct Kanamari (Canawari) (cf. Kanamari).^[2]

Phonology

Vowels

Waninawa vowel phones^[3]

	Front		Central		Back
	Oral	Nasal	Oral	Nasal	Oral		Nasal
					unrounded	rounded
Close	i	ĩ					ũ
Near-close	ɪ	ɪ̃				ʊ	ʊ̃
Close-mid	e	ẽ				o	õ
Mid			ə	ə̃
Open-mid	ɛ					ɔ
Near-open			ɐ
Open					ɑ

Waninawa vowel phonemes^[3]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Open		a

Consonants

Waninawa consonant phonemes^[3]

	Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Alveopalatal	Palatal	Velar
Occlusive	p	t			tʲ		k
Nasal	m	n				ɲ
Tap			ɾ
Affricate			ts
Fricative	ɛ		s	ʂ	ʃ
Approximant	w					j

References

1. Waninawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Fleck, David W. (October 10, 2013). Panoan Languages and Linguistics. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History. p. 11. doi:10.5531/sp.anth.0099 (inactive 19 August 2025). hdl:2246/6448. ISBN 978-0-9852016-23.
3. "Fonêmica Preliminar da Língua Katukina (Páno)" (PDF). www.sbpcnet.org.br. Retrieved March 22, 2025.