Tsafiki language explained

Tsafiki, also known as Tsachila or Colorado, is a Barbacoan language spoken in Ecuador by c. 2000 ethnic Tsáchila people.

Phonology

		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/			pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Stop	voiced	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/				pronounced as /link/
Affricate				pronounced as /link/
Fricative		pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/			pronounced as /link/
Nasal		pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Lateral				pronounced as /link/
Flap				pronounced as /link/ ~ pronounced as /link/
Semivowel				pronounced as /link/ ~ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/

/b, d/ are preglottalized [ˀb, ˀd] when occurring intervocalically.
/k/ can become voiced pronounced as /link/ when intervocally after nasal sounds.
/ɹ/ is heard as pronounced as /link/ when occurring word-initially, and when following a nasalized vowel, an allophone [n] occurs.
/s/ is heard as pronounced as /link/ when preceding high vowels /i, u/ and after unaccented high vowels.
/t͡s/ is heard as pronounced as /link/ when preceding high vowels, but many speakers pronounce it as [t͡ʃ] in all environments.

Tsafiki has five vowels Four vowels have nasalized forms.