Aikanã language

Aikanã
	Tubarão, Huari
Native to	Brazil
Region	Rondônia
Native speakers	200 (2007)
Language family	Language isolate
Dialects	Masaká;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tba
Glottolog	aika1237
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Aikanã (sometimes called Tubarão,^[3] Corumbiara/Kolumbiara, or Huari/Uari/Wari) is an endangered language isolate^[1] spoken by about 200 Aikanã people in Rondônia,^[4] Brazil. It is morphologically complex and has SOV word order.^[5] Aikanã uses the Latin script. The people live with speakers of Koaia (Kwaza).

Phonology^[6][edit]

Consonants
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m /m/	n /n/	ñ /ɲ/
Stop	p /p/ b /b/	t /t/ d /d/		k /k/	’ /ʔ/
Fricative		s /s/ th /ð/			j/h /h/
Affricates		ts /t͡s~t͡ʃ/
Trills		r /r/
Approximant	w /w/	l /l/	y /j~ʒ/

^ ^a ^b Hein van der Voort (2007). "Theoretical and social implications of language documentation and description on the eve of destruction in Rondônia" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-05-10.
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Aikanã". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
^ Hein van der Voort (2004). A Grammar of Kwaza. Walter de Gruyter. p. 9. ISBN 3-11-017869-9.
^ "Ethnologue report for language code:tba". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
^ "Aikana Language and the Aikanã Indian Tribe". Native Languages of the Americas website. 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
^ "Aikana Pronunciation Guide". Native Languages of the Americas website. 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-10.

Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: AIKANA[1]