Baure language
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Bauré | |
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Native to | Bolivia |
Region | Beni Department |
Ethnicity | 980 (2006)[1] |
Native speakers | 40 (2007)[1] |
Arawakan
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | brg |
Glottolog | baur1253 |
ELP | Baure |
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.
Orthography[edit]
Vowels[edit]
- a - [a]
- e - [ɛ/e]
- i - [i/ɪ]
- o - [o/ɔ/u]
Consonants[edit]
- 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[edit]
Baure has an active–stative syntax.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bauré at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ "Baure language, alphabet, and pronunciation". Omniglot. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.
External links[edit]
- Lenguas de Bolivia (online edition)
- Documentation of Endangered Languages: Baure