Baure language
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| Bauré | |
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| Native to | Bolivia |
| Region | Beni Department |
| Ethnicity | 980 (2006)[1] |
Native speakers | 20 (2010)[1] |
Arawakan
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| Official status | |
Official language in |  Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | brg |
| Glottolog | baur1253 |
| ELP | Baure |
 Baure is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Bauré is an endangered Arawakan language spoken by only 40 of the thousand Baure people of the Beni Department of northwest of Magdalena, Bolivia. Some Bible portions have been translated into Bauré. Most speakers have been shifting to Spanish.
In 2010, the language had around 20 native speakers left, based on the evidence available. [2]
Orthography
Vowels
- a - [a]
- e - [ɛ/e]
- i - [i/ɪ]
- o - [o/ɔ/u]
Consonants
- ch/č/z - [t͡ʃ[, [d͡ʒ] after n
- h/j - [h]
- k/c/qu/g - [k], [g] after n
- m - [m]
- n - [n]
- p/b - [p], [b] after m
- r/l - [r/l]
- s - [s]
- sh/š/x - [ʃ]
- t/d - [t], [d] after n
- v/b - [β/b]
- w/hu/u - [w]
- y - [j]
- '/h - [ʔ]
Grammar
Baure has an active–stative syntax.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Bauré at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Baure". Endangered Languages Project. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Baure language, alphabet, and pronunciation". Omniglot. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.
External links
- Lenguas de Bolivia Archived 2019-09-04 at the Wayback Machine (online edition)
- Documentation of Endangered Languages: Baure
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