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Waimajã
Bará
Native to	Colombia, Brazil
Native speakers	500 (2004–2006) some monolinguals over age 40 (2004?)
Language family	Tucanoan Eastern Central Bara Waimajã
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bao – inclusive code Individual code: pok – Pokangá (Bará)
Glottolog	waim1255
ELP	Bará

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.

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)
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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