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Barasana Eduria language

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Native to
  
Colombia

Native speakers
  
1,900 (1993 census)

Ethnicity
  
Barasana, Eduria

ISO 639-3
  
bsn

Language family
  
Tucanoan Eastern Tucanoan South Barasana–Macuna Barasano

Dialects
  
Barasana (Southern Barasano) Taiwano (Eduria)

Barasana is an aboriginal Amerindian language spoken by a couple thousand people in Colombia. 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.

References

Barasana-Eduria language Wikipedia