Barí language

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

Not to be confused with Bari language.

Barí
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]
Language family	Chibchan Chibcha–Motilon Barí
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mot
Glottolog	bari1297[2]

Phonology

Barí has six vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/. All vowels have nasalized forms, and Barí has contrastive nasalization.[3]

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless		t		k
	voiced	b	d
Fricative			s			h
Nasal		m	n	ɲ
Trill			r

References

1. Barí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Barí". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-02.

• Bruce Olson. Bruchko. Charisma House, 1977.

External links

• Bari language and the Bari indian tribe at native-languages.org
• Barí (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)