Endangered Languages Project - Barí

Barí

^{[aka Motilón, Motilon, Motilone]}

Classification: Chibchan

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Motilón, Motilon, Motilone, Dobokubí, Dobocubi, Dobocubí, Motilón (Chibchan), Barira, Cunausaya,
CLASSIFICATION		Chibchan, Magdalenic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mot
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Chibchan Languages” (391-439) . Constenla Umaña, Adolfo (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Verónica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
2,500 speakers in 2001 (1,000 in
Colombia, 1,500 in Venezuela

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

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).

PLACES: Colombia; Venezuela

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,390
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 3,620 speakers in Colombia (2001).

PLACES: Venezuela; Colombia;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 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.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,700
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
3,500 in Colombia (Civallero 2008). Population total all countries: 5,000 (2013).

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,060
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
5060

PLACES: Colombia and Venezuela

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
3,500 in Colombia; 1,500 in Venezuela.

DATE OF INFO: 2008 (Colombia), 2007 (Venezuela)

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Colombia, Venezuela

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 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.

LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

9.0261,-73.2678

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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