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Tsafiki language
Language
Tsafiki, also known as Tsachila or Colorado, is a Barbacoan language spoken in Ecuador by about 2,000 ethnic Tsáchila people.
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Tsafiki has five vowels. Four vowels have nasalized forms. Tsafiki has a four-way evidentiality system. Unmarked verbs indicate "direct" witness. Manuel Manuel ano food fi-e eat-VIS+DECL Manuel ano fi-e Manuel food eat-VIS+DECL 'Manuel ate' (speaker saw him) -nu- is used when it is inferred from physical evidence.
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