Waimajã
Bará
Native toColombia, Brazil
Native speakers
500 (2004–2006)[1]
some monolinguals over age 40 (2004?)[2]
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • Central
      • Bara
        • Waimajã
Language codes
ISO 639-3bao – inclusive code
Individual code:
pok – Pokangá (Bará)
Glottologwaim1255
ELPBará

Waimajã (Waimaha), generically known as Bará or (Northern) Barasano, is a Tucanoan language of Colombia and Brazil. As of 1971, the population of speakers generally lived along the rivers of Colombia, namely, Colorado, Yapu, Inambu, Macucu, and Tiquie.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Waimajã at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Pokangá (Bará) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Waimajã language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  3. ↑ Stolte, Joel and Nancy (1971). "A Description of Northern Barasano Phonology". Linguistics. 9 (75): 86–92. doi:10.1515/ling.1971.9.75.86. ISSN 1613-396X.


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