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Barí language

Barí language

Language of Colombia and Venezuela

Not to be confused with Bari 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
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Phonology

Barí has six vowels: /i, e, a, ɨ, o, u/. All vowels have nasalized forms as /ĩ, ẽ, ã, ɨ̃, õ, ũ/.[2]

More information Bilabial, Alveolar ...

References

  1. [1]
    Barí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Mogollón-Pérez, María Cristina (2000). Fonología de la lengua barí. In González de Pérez, María Stella and Rodríguez de Montes, María Luisa (eds.), Lenguas indígenas de Colombia: una visión descriptiva: Santafé de Bogotá: Instituto Caro y Cuervo. pp. 719–727.
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