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Tsafiki, also known as Tsachila or Colorado, is a Barbacoan language spoken in Ecuador by c. 2000 ethnic Tsáchila people.

Phonology

Consonants

• /b, d/ are preglottalized when occurring intervocalically.
• /k/ can become voiced [ɡ] when intervocally after nasal sounds.
• /ɹ/ is heard as [ɾ] when occurring word-initially, and when following a nasalized vowel, an allophone occurs.
• /s/ is heard as [ʃ] when preceding high vowels /i, u/ and after unaccented high vowels.
• /t͡s/ is heard as [t͡ʃ] when preceding high vowels, but many speakers pronounce it as in all environments.

Vowels

Tsafiki has five vowels Four vowels have nasalized forms.

• Unaccented vowels before voiceless stops are often devoiced .

References

1. Tsafiki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Dickinson, Connie (2002). Complex Predicates in Tsafiki. Ann Arbor: UMI.

External links

• Colorado (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)

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Official languages	Spanish Kichwa Shuar
Indigenous languages	Awa Pit Cha'palaachi Cofán Media Lengua Secoya Shiwiar Siona Tetete Tsafiki Waorani Záparo
Spanish varieties	Amazonic Andean Equatorial
Sign languages	Ecuadorian Sign Language
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