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Koreguaje language

Tucanoan language spoken in Colombia

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Koreguaje
Korebaju
Ko'reuaju
Native to	Colombia
Region	Caquetá Department
Ethnicity	Koreguaje
Native speakers	2,100 (2008)^[1]
Language family	Tucanoan Western Koreguaje–Tama Koreguaje
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`coe`
Glottolog	`kore1283`
ELP	Coreguaje

Koreguaje is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010).

Koreguaje, Korebaju, or Korebajʉ (Korewaje, Ko'reuaju) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia.

Phonology

Vowels

Koreguaje has 6 vowels. All vowels have nasalized forms:

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ	ɨ ɨ̃	u ũ
Mid	e ẽ		o õ
Open		a ã

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar		Postalveolar		Palatal	Velar		Glottal
		Labial	plain	lab.	plain	lab.	Palatal	plain	lab.	Glottal
Plosive	tenuis	p	t					k	kʷ	ʔ
Plosive	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	tʰʷ				kʰ	kʰʷ
Affricate	voiced				dʒ	dʒʷ
Nasal	voiceless	m̥					ɲ̥
Nasal	voiced	m	n				ɲ
Fricative	voiceless		s	sʷ						h
Approximant	voiceless	w̥
Approximant	voiced	w
Flap	voiced		ɾ	ɾʷ

/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.

References

↑ Koreguaje at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Cook, Dorothy M.; Criswell, Linda L. (1993). El idioma koreguaje (Tucano Occidental) (PDF). Bogotá: Santafé de Bogotá: Asociación Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.

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Tucanoan languages

Western

Koreguaje-Tama

Koreguaje
Tama

Napo

Maijiki
Macaguaje

Siona–Secoya	Siona Ecuadorian Siona Teteté Secoya

Eastern

South

Tanimuca-Retuarã
Yahuna
Cueretú

West

Macuna–Barasana	Macuna Barasana-Eduria
Cubeo–Desano	Cubeo Yupuá–Duriña Desano Siriano

East

East I	Tucano Waimajã Tatuyo
East II	Wanano Piratapuyo Miriti Arapaso Pisamira Carapana Tuyuca Wajiara

Italics indicate extinct languages

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Languages of Colombia

Official languages

Spanish

Indigenous
languages

Arawakan	Achagua Amarizana Cabiyari Cabre Baniwa of Içana–Kurripako Pasé Piapoco Wayuu Yucuna Guarú
Barbacoan	Awa Pit Kokonuco Misak Mwelyamues Pasto Totoró
Bora	Bora Muinane
Witoto	Mɨnɨka Witoto Murui Witoto Nɨpode Witoto Nonuya Ocaina
Chibchan	Antioquian Nutabe Old Catio Arhuaco Atanque (Kankuamo) Barí Chimila Kogi Guna Uwa Wiwa
Chocoan	Anserma (Umbra) Caramanta Baudo Catio Chami Eperara Northern Emberá Woun Meu
Guajiboan	Churuya Cuiba Guahibo Guayabero Macaguán Playero
Tucanoan	Barasana-Eduria Carapana Cubeo Cuiba Desano Koreguaje Macaguaje Macuna Pisamira Siona Siriano Tanimuca-Retuarã Tatuyo Tuyuca Waimajã Wajiara Wanano Yauna
Cariban	Carijona Opón-Carare Yukpa
Ticuna-Yuri	Carabayo–Yurí Ticuna
Other	Andoque Cocama Cofán Inga Kichwa Kakwa Kichwa Nheengatu Nukak Páez Puinave Saliba Tinigua–Pamigua Yurumanguí

Creoles/Other

Llanero
Palenquero
San Andrés–Providencia
Romani

Sign languages

Colombian Sign Language
Providence Island Sign Language

Italics indicate extinct languages

Authority control databases
National	United States Israel
Other	Yale LUX

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