Endangered Languages Project - Barasano

Barasano

^{[aka Barasana, Southern Barasano, Paneroa]}

Classification: Tucanoan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Barasana, Southern Barasano, Paneroa, Banera yae, Come masa, Comematsa, Edulia, Eduria, Hanera oka, Janera, Taibano, Taiwaeno, Taiwano
CLASSIFICATION		Tucanoan, Eastern Tucanoan
LANGUAGE CODE		bsn
DOWNLOAD		As csv
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue gives Barasana-Eduria (bsn) (also called Southern Barasana), where Tukanoanists distinguish Barasano from Eduria (Taiwano) as distinct languages.

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,924
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1924
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 34 speakers in Brazil and 1890 speakers in Colombia.

PLACES: Brazil and Colombia

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,890
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
1,890 (2016 unchanged) (the count includes Barasano and Eduria (Taiwano) together.

DATE OF INFO: 1993 (census)

PLACES: Colombia; Brazil;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Southern Vaupés Department, Pira-Paraná River (and tributaries), Sõnanã, San Miguel, Piedra Ñi, Cachivera Pina, Pacoa, Mitú; Amazonas Department, south bank, Apaporis River.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
434
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
350
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press