Waiká language

Waiká
Yąnomamɨ
Native toBrazil
RegionRoraima, Amazonas
EthnicityYanomami
Native speakers
6,000 (2006)
Yanomam
  • Waiká
Language codes
ISO 639-3wca
Glottologyano1262
ELPYanomam
Yanomaman languages location
  Ninam
  Yanomám

Waiká, also Yanomám (or Yanomae, Yanomama, Yanomami), is one of several closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people in Brazil. Most speakers are monolingual. For a grammatical description, see Yanomaman languages.

The names Waika (Guaica) and Yanomami are shared with the Yanomamö language.