Barí language
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Barí | |
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Barira, Cunausaya, Dobocubi, Motilón, Motilone | |
Barí ara | |
Native to | Colombia, Venezuela |
Region | Norte de Santander Department, Serranía de los Motilones, Upper Catatumbo and Oro River region, Reserva Indígena Motilón-Barí and Resguardo Indígena Gabarra-Catalaura; also in Cesar Department, Chimichagua, La Gloria, and Pailitas municipalities |
Ethnicity | Motilon people |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2007–2008)[1] |
Chibchan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mot |
Glottolog | bari1297 |
ELP | Barí |
Barí is a Chibchan language spoken in Northwestern South America by the Barí (Motilon).
Barí | Spanish | English |
intok | uno | one |
insami | dos | two |
tẽtahko | tres | three |
dary | hombre | man |
biory | mujer | woman |
ruraba | perro | dog |
ña | sol | sun |
chibai | luna | moon |
xima | agua | water |
ixtan | tierra | earth |
bowara | montaña | mountain |
kona | rocío | dew |
Phonology[edit]
Barí has six vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/. All vowels have nasalized forms, and Barí has contrastive nasalization.[2]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Stop | voiceless | t | k | |||
voiced | b | d | ||||
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
Trill | r |
References[edit]
- ^ Barí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- Bruce Olson. Bruchko. Charisma House, 1977.