Koreguaje language explained

Korebaju, Coreguaje
Nativename:Ko'reuaju
States:Colombia
Speakers:2,100
Date:2008
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Tucanoan
Iso3:coe
Glotto:kore1283
Glottorefname:Koreguaje
Map:Koreguaje.png

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

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

Phonology

Vowels

Koreguaje has 6 vowels. All vowels have nasalized forms:

FrontCentralBack
Closei ĩɨ ɨ̃u ũ
Mide ẽo õ
Opena ã

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
plainlab.plainlab.plainlab.
Plosiveplainpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
aspiratedpronounced as /pʰ/pronounced as /tʰ/tʰʷpronounced as /kʰ/kʰʷ
Affricatepronounced as /link/dʒʷ
Nasalvoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/
Flappronounced as /link/ɾʷ

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cook, Dorothy M. . El idioma koreguaje (Tucano Occidental) . Criswell . Linda L. . Bogotá: Santafé de Bogotá: Asociación Instituto Lingüístico de Verano . 1993.