Barbacoan languages

E362116
indigenous languages of the Americas language family

The Barbacoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in Colombia and Ecuador, known for their complex phonology and close association with the Andean and northwestern South American cultural area.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Barbacoan languages canonical 5
Barbacoan languages (hypothesized) 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
language family ⓘ
arealClassification Andean linguistic area ⓘ
surface form: North Andean linguistic area
arealFeature contact with Quechuan languages ⓘ
contact with Spanish ⓘ
associatedWith Andean region ⓘ
surface form: Andean cultural area

northwestern South American cultural area ⓘ
documentationStatus uneven documentation across member languages ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Americanist linguistics ⓘ
geographicDistribution western Ecuador ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Ecuador

southwestern Colombia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Barbacoan family ⓘ
Barbacoan ⓘ
surface form: Barbacoan stock
hasCharacteristic complex phonology ⓘ
hasMember Awa Pit ⓘ
Caranqui ⓘ
Cayapa ⓘ
Cha’palaachi ⓘ
Coconuco ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
Guambiano ⓘ
Muellama ⓘ
Pasto ⓘ
Sindagua ⓘ
Totoró ⓘ
Tsafiki ⓘ
hasStatus several languages endangered ⓘ
several languages extinct ⓘ
linguisticFeature complex syllable structure ⓘ
contrastive glottalization in some languages ⓘ
nasalization in some languages ⓘ
rich consonant inventories ⓘ
possiblyRelatedTo Chibchan languages ⓘ
Paezan languages ⓘ
recognizedBy comparative linguistics of South America ⓘ
region Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
surface form: Andes foothills

Pacific lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador ⓘ
spokenIn Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
subclassOf South American language families ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to Spanish ⓘ
timeDepth pre-Columbian origin ⓘ
usedBy Awa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chachi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guambiano people ⓘ
Tsáchila people ⓘ
usedFor oral tradition ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chocoan languages → neighboringLanguageFamily → Barbacoan languages ⓘ
Andean languages → hasLanguageFamily → Barbacoan languages ⓘ
Awá → languageFamily → Barbacoan languages ⓘ
Quillacinga → languageFamily → Barbacoan languages ⓘ
Pasto people → languageFamily → Barbacoan languages ⓘ
Tumaco-La Tolita archaeological tradition → hasLanguageFamily → Barbacoan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbacoan languages (hypothesized)
Quitu → languageFamily → Barbacoan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barbacoan languages (hypothesized)