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Koreguaje language

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Koreguaje
Korebaju
Ko'reuaju
Native toColombia
RegionCaquetá Department
EthnicityKoreguaje
Native speakers
2,100 (2008)[1]
Tucanoan
  • Western
    • KoreguajeTama
      • Koreguaje
Language codes
ISO 639-3coe
Glottologkore1283
ELPCoreguaje
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

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Vowels

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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

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Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain lab. plain lab. plain lab.
Plosive tenuis p t k ʔ
aspirated tʰʷ kʰʷ
Affricate voiced dʒʷ
Nasal voiceless ɲ̥
voiced m n ɲ
Fricative voiceless s h
Approximant voiceless
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].[2]
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The language was spoken in the film Out of the Dark.

References

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  1. Koreguaje at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Cook, Dorothy M.; Criswell, Linda L. (1993). El idioma koreguaje (Tucano Occidental) (PDF). Bogotá: Santafé de Bogotá: Asociación Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.
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