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

Tsafiki, also known asTsachila orColorado, is aBarbacoan language spoken inEcuador by about 2,000 ethnicTsáchila people.

• /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.

Tsafiki has five vowels Four vowels have nasalized forms.

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

Tsafiki has a four-wayevidentiality system. Unmarked verbs indicate "direct" witness.^[3]

-nu- is used when it is inferred from physical evidence.

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