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Also known as Buglere language

Buglere (), also known as Bugle, Murire and Muoy, is a Chibchan language of Panama closely related to Guaymí. There are two dialects, Sabanero and Bokotá (Bogota), spoken by the Bokota people.

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Language.name
Buglere
Language.altname
Murire
Language.states
Panama
Language.speakers
18,000
Language.date
2012
Language.ref
e18
Language.familycolor
American
Language.fam1
Chibchan
Language.fam2
Guaymi
Language.iso3
sab
Language.glotto
bugl1243
Language.glottorefname
Buglere
Language.dia1
Sabanero
Language.dia2
Bokotá

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Buglere (), also known as Bugle, Murire and Muoy, is a Chibchan language of Panama closely related to Guaymí. There are two dialects, Sabanero and Bokotá (Bogota), spoken by the Bokota people.

== Phonology == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Consonants ! colspan="2" | !Labial !Dental/Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Glottal |- ! rowspan="2" |Plosive/Affricate !voiceless | | | | | |- !voiced | | | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Fricative | | | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Nasal | | | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Rhotic | | | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Lateral | | | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Approximant | | | | | |} Voiced sounds /b, d, ɡ/ may be heard as fricatives [β, ð, ɣ] in intervocalic position. /dʒ/ may also be heard as [ʒ] in intervocalic position. /ŋ/ when before a vowel in word-initial position can also be heard as a palatal [ɲ]. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Vowels ! !Front !Central !Back |- !Close | | | |- !Near-close | | | |- !Mid | | | |- !Open | | | |} Vowel sounds /e, o/ can also have short allophones of [ɛ, ɔ]. Vowels can also be heard as nasalized when in the positions of nasal consonants.

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