1. Family: Chibchan
  2. Genus: Kuna

Kuna

WALS coordinates: 8° N, 77° 20′ W

spoken in Colombia, Panama

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Cuna
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Kuna de la Frontiera,
    • Cuna,
    • Paya-Pucuro Kuna,
    • Columbia Cuna,
    • Caiman Nuevo
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    Consonant Inventories Moderately small
    Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6)
    Consonant-Vowel Ratio Average
    Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives In plosives alone
    Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems None missing in /p t k b d g/
    Uvular Consonants None
    Glottalized Consonants No glottalized consonants
    Lateral Consonants /l/, no obstruent laterals
    Front Rounded Vowels None
    Syllable Structure Moderately complex
    Tone No tones
    Absence of Common Consonants All present
    Presence of Uncommon Consonants None
    Simple Clauses
    Symmetric and Asymmetric Standard Negation Symmetric
    Subtypes of Asymmetric Standard Negation Non-assignable
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different
    Finger and Hand Different
    Number of Non-Derived Basic Colour Categories 5
    Number of Basic Colour Categories 7-7.5
    Green and Blue Green/blue
    Red and Yellow Red vs. yellow