Tsafiki language

Tsafiki, also known as Tsachila or Colorado, is a Barbacoan language spoken in Ecuador by c. 2000 ethnic Tsáchila people.

Consonants

 * /b, d/ are preglottalized [ˀb, ˀd] when occurring intervocalically.
 * /k/ can become voiced when intervocally after nasal sounds.
 * /ɹ/ is heard as when occurring word-initially, and when following a nasalized vowel, an allophone [n] occurs.
 * /s/ is heard as when preceding high vowels /i, u/ and after unaccented high vowels.
 * /t͡s/ is heard as when preceding high vowels, but many speakers pronounce it as [t͡ʃ] in all environments.

Vowels
Tsafiki has five vowels Four vowels have nasalized forms.


 * Unaccented vowels before voiceless stops are often devoiced [ḁ].