Buglere Explained

Buglere
Also Known As:	Murire
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /[buˈɡleɾe]/
States:	Panama
Speakers:	18,000
Date:	2012
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Chibchan
Fam2:	Guaymi
Iso3:	sab
Glotto:	bugl1243
Glottorefname:	Buglere
Dia1:	Sabanero
Dia2:	Bokotá

Buglere, also known as Bugle, Murire and Muoy, is a Chibchan language of Panama closely related to Guaymi. There are two dialects, Sabanero and Bokotá (Bogota), spoken by the Bokota people.

Phonology

!Labial!Dental/
Alveolar!Palatal!Velar!Glottal

Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless		pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	voiced	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
Fricative			pronounced as /ink/			pronounced as /ink/
Nasal		pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/
Rhotic			pronounced as /ink/
Lateral			pronounced as /ink/
Approximant		pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/

• Voiced sounds /b, d, ɡ/ may be heard as fricatives [β, ð, ɣ] in intervocalic position.
• /dʒ/ may also be heard as [ʒ] in intervocalic position.
• /ŋ/ when before a vowel in word-initial position can also be heard as a palatal [ɲ].

Vowels!!Front!Central!Back

Close	pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/
Near-close	pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/
Mid	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Open		pronounced as /ink/

• Vowel sounds /e, o/ can also have short allophones of [ɛ, ɔ].
• Vowels can also be heard as nasalized when in the positions of nasal consonants.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Quesada, Juan Diego . Gramática del buglere . Quito, Ecuador: Abya-Yala . 2012.