Language name and locationː Achagua, Casanare, Colombia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区阿查瓜语, 哥伦比亚中东部卡萨纳雷省地区和东部奥里诺科河左支流梅塔河流域上段梅塔省地区  

 

1. áabai

2. cháamai   

3. matáli / tres < Spanish

4. cuátru, 5.síincu, 6. sáis, 7. siete, 8. ocho, 9. nuébe, 10. diési
    use Spanish numerals completely.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Edgar Buenaventure Vargas, August 21, 1995, August 12, 2010.
供资料的语言学家: Mr. Edgar Buenaventure Vargas, 1995 年 8 月 21 日, 2010 年 8 月 12 日

 

Other comments: Achagua or Ajagua, Xagua is an endangered language spoken by 250 speakers only out of approximately 980 ethnic population in Casanare department; Meta department: Upper Meta River, between Puerto López and Puerto Gaitán, El Turpial reservation, and Umapo community, Colombia. There are only three traditional numbers in Achagua.  They used Spanish numerals completely.

Note:  ch = IPA / tʃ /
Achagua Phonetic Chart:

Consonants:

 

Bilabial

Alveolar

Postalveolar

Palatal

Velar

Labiovelar

Glottal

Stop

p, b

t, d

 

 

k

ʔ

Affricate

 

ts

 

 

 

 

 

Fricative

 

s

 ʃ, ʒ

 

 

 

h

Nasal

m

n

 

 

 

 

 

Tap / flap

 

 ɾ

 

 

 

 

 

Lateral

 

 l

 

 

 

 

 

Approx.

 

 

 

j

 

w

 

 

 Vowelsː

 

Front

Mid

Back

High

 i, iː

 

 u, uː

Mid

e, eː

 

o,  oː

Low

 

a, aː

 

 


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