Baure language

Bauré
Native to	Bolivia
Ethnicity	980 (2006)^[1]
Native speakers	40 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Arawakan Southern Bolivia–Parana Moxos Bauré
Dialects	Joaquiniano
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`brg`
Glottolog	`baur1254`^[2]

Bauré is a nearly extinct 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 Baure. Most speakers have been shifting to Spanish.

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

References

1 2 Bauré at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Baure-Carmelito-Joaquiniano". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.

External links

Lenguas de Bolivia (online edition)
Documentation of Endangered Languages: Baure

Languages of Bolivia

National language	Spanish

Indigenous languages	Araona Aymara Baure Bésiro Canichana Cavineño Cayubaba Chácobo Chimán Chipaya Ese Ejja Guarasuawe Guaraní Guarayu Itonama Leco Kallawaya Machineri Maropa Mojeño Moré Mosetén Movima Pacawara Puquina Quechua Sirionó Tacana Tapieté Toromona Weenhayek Yaminawa Yuki Yuracaré Zamuco

Sign languages	Bolivian Sign Language

Italics indicate extinct languages still recognized by the Bolivian constitution.

Arawakan (Maipurean) languages

Northern

Caribbean

Palikuran

Wapishanan

Upper Amazon

Western Nawiki	Achawa Amarizana Anauyá Cabiyari (?) Cabre (?) Guarú Kawishana Mandawaca Mariaté Pasé Piapoco Resígaro (?) Warekena Waraikú (?) Wainumá Wiriná (?) Yabaâna (?) Yucuna Yumana

Eastern Nawiki	Baniwa Kurripako Tariana

Central Upper Amazon	Baré Baniwa of Guainia Guinao Maipure Marawá Yavitero

Manao	Kariaí Manao Shiriana (?)

Southern

Western	Chamicuro Yanesha'

Central Maipurean	Agavotaguerra (?) Custenau Paresí Saraveca Waura–Mehináku Yawalapití

Piro	Apurinã Iñapari Mashco Piro Piro Kanamaré

Bolivia–Parana	Baure Chané Enawené-Nawé (?) Lapachu Moxos Pauna Terêna

Campa	Asháninka Ashéninga Axininca Caquinte Machiguenga Nomatsiguenga Pucapucari

Unclassified

Macro-Arawakan

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