The Wounaan language, also known as Noanamá and Woun Meu, is a Chocoan language, with around 10,000 speakers on the border between

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Phonology

The following tables show the vowel and consonant sounds of Wounaan, transcribed using the

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Vowels

Consonants

* occurs as across dialects. * occurs as at the end of a word.

Notes

References

* * Choco languages Embera-Wounaan Indigenous languages of Central America Indigenous languages of the South American Northwest {{na-lang-stub