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Kogi language

Kogi (Cogui), or Kagaba (Cágaba) (Cogui: Kággaba), is a Chibchan language of Colombia. It forms a separate Arwako branch along with the Iku and Damana languages. The Kogi people are almost entirely monolingual, and maintain the only unconquered Andean civilization.

The language is mostly verb-final, with the dominant word order subject–object–verb. Adjectives follow the nouns they modify. Verbs are inflected for subject (either a prefix or a suffix) and for object (a prefix). Non-subject personal reference can also express a beneficiary, as illustrated in the following example:

bigíʒa

pineapple

na-k-lúni

1O.SG-DAT-want

bigíʒa na-k-lúni

pineapple 1O.SG-DAT-want

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