| Altname | Murire |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | buˈɡleɾe |
| States | Panama |
| Ethnicity | Bokota people |
| Speakers | 18,000 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Ref | e18 |
| Familycolor | Chibchan |
| Fam 1 | Chibchan |
| Fam 2 | Isthmic |
| Fam 3 | Guaymí–Guna |
| Fam 4 | Guaymi |
| Iso 3 | sab |
| Glotto | bugl1243 |
| Glottorefname | Buglere |
| Dia 1 | Sabanero |
| Dia 2 | Bokotá |
Buglere (/bʊˈɡlɛreɪ/), also known as Bugle, Murire and Muoy, is a Chibchan language of Panama closely related to Guaymí. There are two dialects, Sabanero and Bokotá (Bogota), spoken by the Bokota people.
Phonology
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | t | tʃ | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
- Voiced sounds /b, d, ɡ/ may be heard as fricatives [β, ð, ɣ] in intervocalic position.
- /dʒ/ may also be heard as [ʒ] in intervocalic position.
- /ŋ/ when before a vowel in word-initial position can also be heard as a palatal [ɲ].
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
- Vowel sounds /e, o/ can also have short allophones of [ɛ, ɔ].
- Vowels can also be heard as nasalized when in the positions of nasal consonants.[1]
References
- ^ Quesada, Juan Diego (2012). Gramática del buglere. Quito, Ecuador: Abya-Yala.