Buglere

Buglere
Murire
Pronunciation[buˈɡleɾe]
Native toPanama
EthnicityBokota people
Native speakers
18,000 (2012)
Dialects
  • Sabanero
  • Bokotá
Language codes
ISO 639-3sab
Glottologbugl1243
ELPBocotá
Linguasphere81-ECA-b

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

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless t tʃ k
voiced b d dʒ ɡ
Fricative s h
Nasal m n ŋ
Rhotic ɾ
Lateral l
Approximant w j
Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Near-close ɪ ʊ
Mid e o
Open a

References

  1. ↑ Buglere at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Quesada, Juan Diego (2012). Gramática del buglere. Quito, Ecuador: Abya-Yala.