title: Tsafiki language
text: # Tsafiki language
  
  Tsafiki, also known as Tsachila or Colorado, is a Barbacoan language spoken in Ecuador by c. 2000 ethnic Tsáchila people.
  
  ## Phonology
  
  ### Consonants
  
  | | | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Stop | voiceless | p | t | | | k | ʔ |
  | Stop | voiced | b | d | | | | ʔ |
  | Affricate | Affricate | | | t͡s | | | |
  | Fricative | Fricative | ɸ | | s | | | h |
  | Nasal | Nasal | m | | n | | | |
  | Lateral | Lateral | | | l | | | |
  | Flap | Flap | | | ɹ ~ ɾ | | | |
  | Semivowel | Semivowel | | | ɹ ~ ɾ | 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].
  