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Kogi language

Kogi language

Chibchan language spoken in Colombia

Kogi (Cogui), or Kagaba (Cágaba) (Cogui: Kággaba), is a Chibchan language of Colombia. The Kogi people are almost entirely monolingual, and maintain the only unconquered Andean civilization.

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Phonology

More information Front, Central ...
  • /e, ẽ/ can also be heard as [ɛ, ɛ̃] when in unstressed syllables.
More information Bilabial, Dental/Alveolar ...
  • Affricate sounds [ts, dz, tʃ, dʒ] are heard when sibilant sounds /s, z, ʃ, ʒ/ precede /n/. If /t, d/ precede /i/ then they are realized as affricates [tʃ, dʒ].
  • /n/ before /i/ may be realized as a palatal [ɲ].[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Kogi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Gawthorne, Linda A.; Hensarling, Grace E. (1984). Fonología del cogui. Sistemas fonológicos de idiomas colombianos (V.G.Waterhouse, comp.): Lomalinda: Editorial Townsend.


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