Barí

Facts

  • Language: Barí
  • Alternate names: Motilón, Motilon, Motilone, Dobokubí, Dobocubi, Dobocubí, Motilón (Chibchan), Barira, Cunausaya,
  • Language code: mot
  • Language family: Chibchan, Chibchan B, Eastern Chibchan, Colombian, Southern Colombian (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 4,000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script:

More information:

    Classification as Chibchan has been questioned (1973 M. Durbin); Alternatively classified as Arawakan (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977).

    Barí is spoken in Colombia, Venezuela, South America.