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Waiká language

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Native to
  
Brazil

Ethnicity
  
Yanomami

Language family
  
Yanomam Waiká

Region
  
Roraima, Amazonas

Native speakers
  
6,000 (2006)

ISO 639-3
  
wca

Waiká, also Yanomámi, 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.

References

Waiká language Wikipedia