Kogi language

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Kogi
Kággaba
Native toColombia
RegionSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
EthnicityKogi
Native speakers
9,900 (2004)[1]
nearly all monolingual
Chibchan
  • Arwako–Chimila
    • Arwako
      • Kogi
Language codes
ISO 639-3kog
Glottologcogu1240
ELPCogui

Kogi (Cogui), or Kagaba (Cágaba), is a Chibchan language of Colombia. The Kogi people are almost entirely monolingual, and maintain the only unconquered Andean civilization.

Phonology

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃ u ũ
Close-mid e ẽ o
Mid ə
Open a ã

[2]

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain geminated plain geminated plain geminated
Stop voiceless p t t: k k: ʔ
voiced b b: d d: g g:
Fricative voiceless s ʃ x h
voiced z ʒ
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant j

References

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