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

Tsafiki
Colorado
Region	Ecuador
Ethnicity	Tsáchila
Native speakers	2,300 (2000)[1]
Language family	Barbacoan Southern? Tsafiki
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cof
Glottolog	colo1256
ELP	Tsafiki

Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p	t			k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d
Affricate				t͡s
Fricative		ɸ		s			h
Nasal		m		n
Lateral				l
Flap				ɹ ~ ɾ
Semivowel					j	w

• /b, d/ are preglottalized [ˀb, ˀd] 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 [n] 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 [t͡ʃ] in all environments.

Vowels

Tsafiki has five vowels Four vowels have nasalized forms.

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

	Front	Central	Back
High	ĩ		ũ
Mid	ẽ
Low		ã

• Unaccented vowels before voiceless stops are often devoiced [ḁ].[2]

References

External links

• Colorado (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)

На других языках

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- [en] Tsafiki language

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[es] Idioma tsafiki

El Tsafiki (autoglotónimo: tsáfiki, 'palabra verdadera') es el nombre de una lengua de la familia barbacoana de la etnia aborigen conocida como tsáchila ('verdadera gente') en su propio idioma.

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[fr] Tsafiqui

Le tsafiqui (ou colorado) est une langue barbacoane parlée dans le Nord-Ouest de l'Équateur, dans la province de Pichincha par 1 000 Tsachilas, aussi appelés les Colorados[1].

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[it] Lingua tsafiki

La lingua tsafiki, detta anche colorado o tsachila (in tsafiki: 'parola vera') è una lingua barbacoana parlata in Ecuador.

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[ru] Цафики

Цафики (колорадо) — один из барбакоанских языков. Число носителей — около 2 300 человек, проживающих на северо-западе Эквадора, в провинции Пичинча, вокруг города Санто-Доминго-де-лос-Колорадос. Имеет достаточно прочные позиции и используется носителями во всех сферах жизни. Порядок слов — SOV.

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