Barí
[aka Motilón, Motilon, Motilone]Classification: Chibchan
·vulnerable
Classification: Chibchan
·vulnerable
Motilón, Motilon, Motilone, Dobokubí, Dobocubi, Dobocubí, Motilón (Chibchan), Barira, Cunausaya, |
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Chibchan, Magdalenic |
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Information from: “Chibchan Languages” (391-439) . Constenla Umaña, Adolfo (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Verónica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter
2,500 speakers in 2001 (1,000 in
Colombia, 1,500 in Venezuela
Barí can be classified as enduring because there are more younger than older speakers, and the population of speakers has tended to remain constant (pp.425-426).
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
There are 3,620 speakers in Colombia (2001).
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.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
3,500 in Colombia; 1,500 in Venezuela.
Spanish
In Colombia: Cesar department: Chimichagua, La Gloria, and Pailitas municipalities; Norte de Santander department: Reserva Indígena Motilón-Barí and Resguardo Indígena Gabarra-Catalaura in Upper Catatumbo and Oro rivers and Serranía de los Motilones region.
In Venezuela: Zulia state: Sierra de Perijá southern zone, to Yukpa territory north and Catatumbo River south.