Totoro language

Totoró
namtrik
Pronunciation[namˈʐix]
Native toColombia
RegionCauca Department
Native speakers
76 (2019)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ttk
Glottologtoto1306
ELPTotoró
Linguasphere81-GAA-ba
Map of where Totoró was spoken in Colombia
Totoró is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Totoro or Totoró is a Barbacoan language spoken in southwestern Colombia, in Cauca Department by the Totoró people, who number about 1,000 people. Four known speakers of the language were recorded in 1998, but 76 speakers were reported in 2019.

Classification

Totoro, along with Guambiano and the long-extinct Coconuco language, forms a subgroup of the Barbacoan languages. These language varieties are sometimes considered to be dialects of one Coconucan language.

Within the Barbacoan family, Coconucan and Awa Pit constitute the northern branch of it.

References

  1. ↑ https://estimulos.icanh.gov.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Version-preliminar-diccionario.pdf p. 69
  2. ↑ Totoró at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  3. ↑ Moseley, Christopher, ed. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (3 ed.). Paris: UNESCO Publishing. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2.
  4. ↑ Curnow & Liddicoat 1998, p. 385.
  5. ↑ "Did you know Totoró is dormant?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  6. ↑ Gonzales Castaño, Geny (2019). Una gramática de la lengua namtrik de Totoró : lengua barbacoa hablada en los Andes colombianos (Thesis) (in Spanish). Université de Lyon.

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