Baure language

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.

Bauré
Native toBolivia
RegionBeni Department
Ethnicity980 (2006)[1]
Native speakers
20 (2010)[1]
Arawakan
  • Southern
    • Bolivia–Parana
      • Moxos
        • Bauré
Dialects
  • Joaquiniano
Official status
Official language in
 Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3brg
Glottologbaur1253
ELPBaure
Baure is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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]

[3]

Grammar

Baure has an active–stative syntax.[4]

See also

References
  1. Bauré at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Baure". Endangered Languages Project. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. "Baure language, alphabet, and pronunciation". Omniglot. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.
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