Cofán is a language isolate spoken by about 1,500 people in southwest Colombia and northern Ecuador. In particular, it is spoken in the Nariño and Putumayo Departments in Colombia, and in Sucumbíos Province in Ecuador.
Cofán is also known Kofán, and the Cofán people call their language Aʼingae and themselves Aʼi. It is spoken by people of all ages in Colombia, however it is considered severly endangered in Ecuador.
A way to write Cofán with the Latin alphabet and modelled on Spanish spelling was developed by Marlytte and Roberta Borman, missionaries, in the 1960s. More recently, the Cofán community have developed their own spelling system.
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Pûi a'i tsû va andenga ji'fa fae'ngae upatshe kanse'faye. Tsa'kamba tsû injenge pûiyi'khu asi'thaemba injengepa ñu'tshe faengasûma da'ñumbe kanse'faye.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Information about Cofán | Tower of Babel
Information about Cofán
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cofán_language
http://www.native-languages.org/cofan.htm
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/con
https://devontesp.fandom.com/wiki/Cof%C3%A1n_orthography
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 24.12.25
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