Baure language

Bauré
Bauré
Native to	Bolivia
Region	Beni Department
Ethnicity	980 (2006)
Native speakers	40 (2007)
Language family	Arawakan Southern Bolivia–Parana Moxos Bauré; ; ; ;
Dialects	Joaquiniano;
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[]

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]

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Grammar[]

Baure has an active–stative syntax.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Bauré at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "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 (online edition)
Documentation of Endangered Languages: Baure

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[e18-1] Bauré at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Baure language, alphabet, and pronunciation". Omniglot. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[3] Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.

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