Koreguaje language

Korebaju, Korebajʉ, 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:

Consonants

  • /ɾ/ can be heard as retrofex [ɽ] in initial positions.
  • /w/ can fluctuate to a voiced fricative [β] in free variation.
  • /ʍ/ can be he heard as [ɸ] or [f] when preceding /i/.

References


Uses material from the Wikipedia article Koreguaje language, released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.