Koreguaje (Koʼrevajʉ chʉ'o)

Koreguaje is a Western Tucanoan language spoken by about 1,700 people mainly along the Orteguasa and Caquetá rivers in the Caquetá Department in the south of Colombia. There are also Koreguaje speakers in Peurto Leguizamo in the Putumayo Department, and in cities like Bogotá and Medellín.

Koreguaje is also known as Korebaju, Korebajʉ, Korewaje, Ko'reuaju or Coreguaje. Korebaju speakers call their language Koʼrevajʉ chʉ'o and themselves Koʼrevajʉ ("people of the earth"). Koreguaje can be written with the Latin alphabet.

Koreguaje alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Koreguaje (Excel)

Sample text

Chikʉna Jesús repaʉ neenare i'kaasomʉ. —Mʉsanʉkonapi Diore sẽni ija'che i'kajʉ̃'ʉ: Ja'kʉ, Cʉnaʉmʉ Pa'ikʉ, pãi mʉ'ʉre vajʉchʉjʉ pojoa'jʉ. Ũcuachi'a mʉ'ʉ chʉ̃'ʉñe pãi ũcuanʉko cho'ojarʉmʉ tĩ'aa'kʉ. Cʉnaʉmʉ pa'ina mʉ'ʉ chʉ̃'ʉñe masi cho'ocheja'che cheja pa'ina ũcuaja'che re'oja'che cho'ojʉ paapʉ.
Ũcuachi'a chʉkʉna chiiche ãu si'aumucujña ĩsijʉ̃'ʉ, chʉkʉna ãijañe.
Chʉkʉna cu'ache cho'oche jo'e cuasamanejʉ̃'ʉ, chʉkʉna'te pãi cu'ache cho'osi'e chʉkʉna jo'e cuasama'ñeja'ñe. Chʉkʉna'te vatipi chʉ̃'ʉkʉna cu'ache cho'oñu chiito mʉ'ʉpi ʉ̃sekaijʉ̃'ʉ, cho'omanea'jʉ chini. Jã'aja'ñe i'kajʉ Diore sẽejʉ pa'ijʉ̃'ʉ —chiniasomʉ Jesús repanare.

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1571/LUK.11.COE

Translation

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample videos

Information about Koreguaje | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about Koreguaje
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreguaje_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreguaje
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/kore1283
http://www.language-archives.org/language/coe
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/coe
https://linguistics.berkeley.edu/saphon/en/inv/Koreguaje.html
https://www.native-languages.org/coreguaje.htm
https://lenguasyliteraturasnativas.caroycuervo.gov.co/koreguaje-korebajʉ/

Tucanoan languages

Carapana, Cubeo, Desano, Guanano, Koreguaje, Secoya, Siona (Colombian), Siona (Ecuadorian), Tucano, Tuyuca, Yurutí

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 16.07.26. Last modified: 16.07.26

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