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These languages are South American native languages, spoken in Colombia and Ecuador.<\/p>\n
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Total number of speakers (estimates)<\/p>\n
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Around 15,000 according to the UNESCO<\/p>\n
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Around 34,000 according to ethnologue.com (SIL)<\/p>\n
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To this day, the Barbacoan language family counts 3 active languages.<\/p>\n
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Northern group<\/span><\/p>\n \n Awane branch<\/p>\n \n Coaoquer<\/strong> (alternative name: Awa Pit): 9,400 speakers according to the UNESCO, 22,000 according to the SIL<\/p>\n \n Muellama<\/strong>: extinct<\/p>\n \n Pasto<\/strong>: extinct<\/p>\n \n \n \n Coconucane branch<\/p>\n \n Coconuco<\/strong>: extinct<\/p>\n \n Namstik<\/strong> (alternative names: Namtrik, Namstrik), divided into 3 main variants:<\/p>\n \n Guambiano<\/em>, 23,000 speakers according to the UNESCO, 23,500 according to the SIL<\/p>\n \n Totor\u00f3<\/em>, 4 speakers according to the UNESCO and the SIL<\/p>\n \n Quizgo<\/em>, no estimates at this point.<\/p>\n \n Southern group<\/span><\/p>\n \n Cayapa<\/strong> (alternative names: Chachi, Cha\u2019palaachi): 4,000 speakers according to the UNESCO, 9,500 according to the SIL<\/p>\n \n Caranqui<\/strong>: extinct<\/p>\n \n Ts\u00e1fiki<\/strong>: (alternative names: Colorado, Colima, Campaz): 2,000 speakers according to the UNESCO, 2,300 according to the SIL<\/p>\n \n Notes on the Barbacoan languages classification<\/p>\n \n We hereby follow Campbell\u2019s cassification (1997).<\/p>\n \n The Barbacoan family has sometime been associated with the P\u00e1ez, but according to Campbell this connection isn\u2019t really supported anymore.<\/p>\n \n \n Yes, all the Barbacoan languages are endangered.<\/p>\n \n Half of the family\u2019s languages are extinct, and according to the UNESCO, Coaiquer and Totor\u00f3 are about to disappear. All the family\u2019s other languages are seriously endangered.<\/p>\n \n \n Campbell, Lyle. American Indian languages: the historical linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press (1997).<\/p>\n \n Curnow, Timothy & Liddicoat, Anthony (1998). The Barbacoan Languages of Colombia and Ecuador, Anthropological Linguistics, 40:3<\/p>\n \n Trivino Lilia, 2004-2005. \u00ab Los verbos de posicion en la lengua guambiana Quizgo \u00bb in landaburu y Ospina Bozzi (resp) Amerindia 29\/30 AEA-CNRS, Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Where are the Barbacoan languages spoken? These languages are South American native languages, spoken in Colombia and Ecuador. Total number of speakers (estimates) Around 15,000 according to the UNESCO Around 34,000 according to ethnologue.com (SIL) Classification To this day, the Barbacoan language family counts 3 active languages. Northern group Awane branch Coaoquer (alternative name: Awa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5328","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nAre the Barbacoan languages endangered?<\/h5>\n
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