h1>Cofán (A’ingae)
Cofán is spoken in Napo Province in north east Ecuador and
in southern Colombia by about 1,000 people. The relationship
of Cofán to other languages is uncertain: some linguists
believe it to be related to the Chibchan languages, though this
may be a result to borrowed vocabulary.
Cofán pronunciation
Sample text in Cofán
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.
Translation
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)
Links
Information about the Cofán language and people
http://www.native-languages.org/cofan.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cof%C3%A1n_language
http://abyayala.nativeweb.org/ecuador/cofan/