Tsafiki, also known as Tsachila or Colorado, is a
Barbacoan language spoken in
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
by c. 2000 ethnic
Tsáchila people.
Phonology
Consonants
* /b, d/ are preglottalized
b, ˀdwhen occurring intervocalically.
* /k/ can become voiced when intervocally after nasal sounds.
* /ɹ/ is heard as when occurring word-initially, and when following a nasalized vowel, an allophone
occurs.
* /s/ is heard as when preceding high vowels /i, u/ and after unaccented high vowels.
* /t͡s/ is heard as when preceding high vowels, but many speakers pronounce it as
͡ʃin all environments.
Vowels
Tsafiki has five vowels Four vowels have nasalized forms.
* Unaccented vowels before voiceless stops are often devoiced
References
External links
Colorado(
Intercontinental Dictionary Series
The Intercontinental Dictionary Series (commonly abbreviated as IDS) is a large database of topical vocabulary lists in various world languages. The general editor of the database is Bernard Comrie of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary An ...
)
Languages of Ecuador
Endangered Barbacoan languages
Barbacoan languages
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