Barí language

Barí language

language
name=Barí
nativename=Bari
states=Colombia, Venezuela
speakers=1,700 (1980, 2000)
familycolor=American
fam2=Chibchan
fam3=Motilon
iso2=mot|iso3=mot

Barí is a Chibchan language spoken in Northwestern South America by the Motilones. Motilones are sometimes called "dobocubi", but this is a pejorative term. [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mot Ethnologue] ]

There were 850 speakers in Colombia in 1990 and 850 speakers in Venezuela in 2000.

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".Fact|date=May 2007

References

*Bruce Olson. "Bruchko." Charisma House, 1977.

External links

*ethnologue|code=mot


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