Barawana language

Barawana (Baré) is an Arawakan language of Venezuela and Brazil, where it is nearly extinct. It was spoken by the Baré people. Aikhenvald (1999)^{[full citation needed]} reports "just a few old speakers left" of Baré proper, and that the Guinau variety was extinct. Kaufman (1994) considers Baré proper, Guinau, and Marawá (currently extinct) to be distinct languages; Aikhenvald, dialects of a single language. (Marawá is not the same language as Marawán.)

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Quick Facts Native to, Ethnicity ...

Barawana
Baré
Mitua
Native to	Venezuela, Brazil
Ethnicity	Baré people
Native speakers	240 (2011)^[1]
Language family	Arawakan Northern Upper Amazon Central (Orinoco) Barawana
Dialects	Baré Guinau † Marawá †
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bae`
Linguist List	`qth` Guiano
	`qqd` Marawá
Glottolog	`bare1276` Baré `guin1258` Guinau `mara1409` Maragua
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.

Vowels

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

More information Front, Central ...

	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

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ	k
aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	t͡ʃʰ	kʰ
voiced	b	d
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.^[2]

Barawana language

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

References

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