- Kuna language
Infobox Language
name=Kuna
nativename=Dulegaya
states=Panama ,Colombia
region=San Blas islands ,Panama ; north coastal region,Colombia
speakers=ca. 58,700
familycolor=American
fam1=Chibchan
fam2=Kuna
lc1=cuk
lc2=kvn
ld1=Kuna, San Blas
ld2=Kuna, BorderThe Kuna language, spoken by the
Kuna people ofPanama andColombia , belongs to the Chibchan language family.Phonemes
Kuna recognises 4
vowel phoneme s and 17consonant al phonemes.Vowels
Consonants
The oclusive consonants p, t, and k become the sonorants b, d, and g when they are between vowels or beside the consonants m, n, l, r, y, or w, just as at the beginning of the word, when the pronunciation fluctuates liberally. The alveolars s through n become the palatals ʃ and ʎ like l after k.Fact|date=July 2008
Morphology
Kuna is an
agglutinative language which contains words of up to about 9 morphemes, although words of two or three morphemes are more common. Most of the morphological complexity is found in the verb, which contains suffixes of tense and aspect, plurals, negatives, position (sitting, standing, etc.) and various adverbials. The verb is not marked for person.References
*Llerena Villalobos, Rito (1987) "Relación y determinación en el predicado de la lengua Kuna". Bogotá: CCELA - Universidad de los Andes. ISSN 0120-9507 es
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