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Koreguaje
Korebaju
Ko'reuaju
Native to	Colombia
Region	Caquetá Department
Ethnicity	Koreguaje
Native speakers	2,100 (2008)
Language family	Tucanoan Western Koreguaje–Tama Koreguaje
Language codes
ISO 639-3	coe
Glottolog	kore1283
ELP	Coreguaje
Koreguaje is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010).

Koreguaje, Korebaju, or Korebajʉ (Korewaje, Ko'reuaju) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia.

Phonology

Vowels

Koreguaje has 6 vowels. All vowels have nasalized forms:

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ	ɨ ɨ̃	u ũ
Mid	e ẽ		o õ
Open		a ã

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar		Postalveolar		Palatal	Velar		Glottal
			plain	lab.	plain	lab.		plain	lab.
Plosive	tenuis	p	t					k	kʷ	ʔ
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	tʰʷ				kʰ	kʰʷ
Affricate	voiced				dʒ	dʒʷ
Nasal	voiceless	m̥					ɲ̥
	voiced	m	n				ɲ
Fricative	voiceless		s	sʷ						h
Approximant	voiceless	w̥
	voiced	w
Flap	voiced		ɾ	ɾʷ

• /ɾ/ may be retrofex [ɽ] in initial position.
• /w/ varies freely between [w] and a fricative [β] in all positions.
• Before /i/, /w̥/ varies freely between fricatives [ɸ] and [f].

In popular culture

The language was spoken in the film Out of the Dark.