Barasana-Eduria language

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Not to be confused with Bará language, an Eastern-Central Tucanoan language.
Barasano
Taiwano
Jãnerã - Eduria Oca
Native toColombia
EthnicityBarasana, Eduria
Native speakers
(1,900 cited 1993 census)[1]
Tucanoan
  • Eastern Tucanoan
    • South
      • Barasana–Macuna
        • Barasano
Dialects
  • Barasana (Southern Barasano)
  • Taiwano (Eduria)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bsn
Glottologbara1380
ELPBarasano

Barasana is an aboriginal Amerindian language spoken by a couple thousand people in Colombia.[1] The people, the Barasana and Eduria, are ethnically distinct and consider their dialects to be different languages. The Barasana dialect is also known as Southern Barasano, Come Masa, Comematsa, Janera, Paneroa, Yebamasa; Eduria is also known as Edulia, Taibano, Taiwaeno, Taiwano.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Barasano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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