Pasto language
Extinct language of Colombia and Ecuador
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Pasto is a poorly attested Barbacoan language that was spoken by Indigenous people of Pasto, Colombia and Carchi Province, Ecuador. It is now extinct.
ISO issue
Prior to its retirement,[1] the ISO name of the ISO code [bpb] was Barbacoas, the name of an extinct people who gave their name to the Barbacoan language family of which Pasto is a member, as well as to the Colombian town of Barbacoas. However, nothing is known of their language, one of several also known as Colima[2] and Telembí,[3] and it can only be assumed to be part of the Barbacoan family.[4] Such unattested, long-extinct languages are not normally assigned ISO codes. MultiTree conflates Barbacoas with neighboring Pasto, which is attested sufficiently for classification and assignment of an ISO code.[citation needed] This does not, however, mean that the retired ISO code [bpb] can be properly used for the Pasto language.
Glottolog distinguishes unclassifiable [past1243] 'Pasto' from unattested [barb1242] 'Barbacoas'.
