Koreguaje language
Tucanoan language spoken in Colombia
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Koreguaje, Korebaju, or Korebajʉ (Korewaje, Ko'reuaju) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia.
Phonology
Vowels
Koreguaje has 6 vowels. All vowels have nasalized forms:
Consonants
- /ɾ/ may be retrofex [ɽ] in initial position.
- /w/ varies freely between [w] and a fricative [β] in all positions.
- Before /i/, /w̥/ varies freely between fricatives [ɸ] and [f].[2]
In popular culture
The language was spoken in the film Out of the Dark.
