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Waunana Indian Language (Wounaan, Nonama, Chanco)

Waunana is a Chocoan language of Central and South America.
Waunana is spoken by around 6000 people in Panama and Colombia. It has SOV word order.

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Waunana Language Resources

House of Languages: Waunana:
Information about Waunana language usage.

Lengua Waunana:
Information about the Waunana language including a linguistic map of Colombia. Page in Spanish.

Woun Meu:
Demographic information on Waunana from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Waunana Language Tree:
Theories about Waunana's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Waunana Language Structures:
Waunana linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

Waunana Prayers:
Translations of the Lord's Prayer into the Waunana language.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Endangered Languages Project: Waunana:
Bibliography of Waunana language resources.
Wikipedia: Embera-Wounaan:

Noanamá:
Encyclopedia articles on the Embera and Wounaan people.
Cultura de la Etnia Wounaan

Los Waunana

La Comunidad Emberá-Wounaan:

Los Waunan:
Information about the Waunanas in Spanish.

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