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Koreguaje language

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

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

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

Phonology

Koreguaje has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/. All vowels have nasalized forms.[2]

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop plain p t k ʔ
aspirated
Affricate d͡ʒ
Fricative voiceless ɸ s h
voiced β
Nasal voiceless ɲ̥
voiced m n ɲ
Flap ɾ

References

  1. ^ Correguaje at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-10.