Baré language

Baré (Barawana) is a nearly extinct Arawakan language of Venezuela and Brazil. It is spoken by two of the Baré people, as of 2012.^[2] Aikhenvald (1999) reports "just a few old speakers left" of Baré.^[4] Kaufman (1994) considers Baré proper, Guinau, and Marawá (now extinct) to be distinct languages; Aikhenvald, dialects of a single language. (Marawá is not the same language as Marawán.) According to a Baré speaker, the Mandawaca language was mutually intelligible with Baré.^[3] Two principal subdivisions are recognized, Ihini 'the ones from there' and Arihini 'the ones from here'.

Not to be confused with Parawana language.

Baré
Barawana, Mitua
Native to	Venezuela, Brazil
Ethnicity	16,516 Baré people (2011–2014)[1]
Native speakers	2 (2012)[2]
Language family	Arawakan Northern Upper Amazon Central (Orinoco) Baré
Dialects	Ihini Arihini Mandawaka †[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bae
Glottolog	bare1276
ELP	Baré

Baré is a generic name for a number of Arawakan languages in the area, including Mandahuaca, Guarequena, Baniwa, and Piapoco. Barawana is the language given this name in Kaufman, Aikhenvald, and Ethnologue. It is also known as Ibini (a typo for Ihini ~ Arihini?) and Mitua.

Phonology

Vowels

Vowels can come in three forms; oral, nasal, and voiceless:

		Front	Central	Back
Close	oral	i		u
	nasal	ĩ		ũ
	voiceless	i̥		u̥
Mid	oral	e
	nasal	ẽ
	voiceless	e̥
Open	oral		a
	nasal		ã
	voiceless		ḁ

• Vowel sounds /a ã ḁ/, /e ẽ e̥/, and /u ũ u̥/ are heard as [ɵ ɵ̃ ɵ̥], [ɛ ɛ̃ ɛ̥], and [o õ o̥] when in unstressed position.
• /a/ is heard as a back sound [ɑ] when after /w/.

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ	k
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	t͡ʃʰ	kʰ
	voiced	b	d		(g)
Fricative			s			h
Flap			ɾ
Sonorant	voiceless	m̥	n̥	j̊	w̥
	voiced	m	n	j	w

• Sounds /t, n/ are realized as dentalized and palatal [t̪] [ɲ] before and after /i/.
• /d/ is realized as an affricate [d͡ʒ] before front vowels.
• /ɾ/ can tend to fluctuate to a velarized [ɫ] in free variation.^[5]
• Voiceless sonorants are treated as aspirated in Aikhenvald (1995), which does not recgonize /j̊/.^[3]
• Aikhenvald (1995) also reports /g/, only found in loanwords.^[3]