Talk:Kuna language

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Since 2010, following an ortographic reform, Kuna is no longer an appropiate and correct term. The title should be changed to "Guna Language" Edwardsperspective (talk) 20:06, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

errors
The part about the allophones should be reworked or improved. It's a bit messy and sounds like Translationese. And [ʃ] is not palatal. — N-true (talk) 23:47, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

5 vowel phonemes?
Kuna language has only four vowel phonemes as far as I know: /a/, /e/, /i/ and /u/. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.3.255.253 (talk) 11:04, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

External Sources

 * I propose that links be made to by Dr. Keith Forster's Grammar regarding the Kuna language. This would provide a more in depth look on the inter-workings of the language. Forster's grammar includes sound structure, intonation, the basics of conversations (daily words, food, water, shelter, etc.), to the morphology. I feel this piece of work is essential do to the fact that it is aimed towards any common person wanting to learn more about the language. Forster writes "“The grammar was designed primarily for use in a classroom where the teacher is a native speaker of Kuna, but it also lends itself to learning Kuna in the informal situation of a Paya Kuna village."

Information could be taken from Forster's work and put onto the article quoting Forster directly.

Forster's Grammar:http://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/41525


 * Another section that could be added on this article to provide more language is the history of documentation of the language. While I agree there is hardly any information on who translated/studied the language and their reasons for doing so, however through research I've done I was able to find multiple Bible translations into the Kuna language. More Research would have to be done in order to validate the information so perhaps this section could be added later on after confirmation.

Information on the religious translations: http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/1369/samples/5837

AaronHansen (talk) 06:23, 23 April 2014 (UTC)