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.

Phonology

/ɾ/ can also alternate to a lateral approximant sound. A glottal stop sound can be heard intervocalically.
FrontCentralBack
Closei, ĩɨ, ɨ̃u, ũ
Mide, ẽəo, õ
Opena, ã