Barí language
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| Barí Bari |
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| Spoken in: | Colombia, Venezuela | |
| Total speakers: | 1,700 (1980, 2000) | |
| Language family: | American Chibchan Motilon Barí |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | mot | |
| ISO 639-3: | mot | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Barí is a Chibchan language spoken in Northwestern South America by the Motilones. Motilones are sometimes called "dobocubi", but this is a pejorative term.[1]
There were 850 speakers in Colombia in 1990 and 850 speakers in Venezuela in 2000.[1]
The language is tonal: bropba can mean "axe" or "banana" depending on tone, and Shkö yuo bainanai hĩ means "The animal went into the hole", "It is dead", or "I am lost".[citation needed]
[edit] References
- Bruce Olson. Bruchko. Charisma House, 1977.
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