The Wounaan language, also known as Noanamá and Woun Meu, is a Chocoan language, with around 10,000 speakers on the border between Panama and Colombia.
Phonology The following tables show the vowel and consonant phonemes of Wounaan, transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Vowels +VowelsFrontCentralBackunroundedroundedClose oral nasal Close-mid oral nasal Open oral nasal
Consonants BilabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalStopvoiceless aspirated voiced AffricateFricative Nasal Approximant Trill Flap occurs as across dialects, and as at the end of a word.
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