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Koreguaje language

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Korebaju, Coreguaje
Ko'reuaju
Native toColombia
Native speakers
2,100 (2008)[1]
Tucanoan
  • Korebaju, Coreguaje
Language codes
ISO 639-3coe
Glottologkore1283
ELPCoreguaje

Korebaju, Coreguaje (Korewaje, Ko'reuaju) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia.

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

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 plain p t k ʔ
aspirated tʰʷ kʰʷ
Affricate dʒʷ
Nasal voiceless ɲ̥
voiced m n ɲ
Fricative voiceless ʍ s h
voiced w
Flap ɾ ɾʷ
  • /ɾ/ can be heard as retrofex [ɽ] in initial positions.
  • /w/ can fluctuate to a voiced fricative [β] in free variation.
  • /ʍ/ can be he heard as [ɸ] or [f] when preceding /i/.[2]

References

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