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Tsafiki language

Tsafiki, also known as Tsachila or Colorado, is a Barbacoan language spoken in Ecuador by about 2,000 ethnic Tsáchila people.

Phonology

Consonants

  • /b, d/ are preglottalized [ˀb, ˀd] when 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 [n] occurs.
  • /s/ is heard as when preceding high vowels /i, u/ and after unaccented high vowels.
  • /tÍ¡s/ is heard as when preceding high vowels, but many speakers pronounce it as [t͡ʃ] in all environments.

Vowels

Tsafiki has five vowels. Four vowels have nasalized forms.

  • Unaccented vowels before voiceless stops are often devoiced [ḁ].

Morphology

Evidentiality

Tsafiki has a four-way evidentiality system. Unmarked verbs indicate "direct" witness.

is used when it is inferred from physical evidence.

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