Buglere
# Buglere

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

## Phonology

Consonants :

| | | Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | | t | tʃ | k | |
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | |
| Fricative | Fricative | | s | | | h |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | | ŋ | |
| Rhotic | Rhotic | | ɾ | | | |
| Lateral | Lateral | | l | | | |
| Approximant | Approximant | w | | j | | |

* 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].

Vowels :

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| Close | i | | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | | ʊ |
| Mid | e | | o |
| Open | | a | |

* 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.
