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Bare Language (Barauna)

Bare is an endangered Arawakan language of South America, still spoken by only a few elders in southwestern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil. Most Bare people have shifted to speaking Portuguese and/or the Tupi-based trade language Nhengatu (Lingua Geral) instead.



˜Our Online Bare Materials –

Bare Words:
    Our list of vocabulary words in the Bare language, with comparison to words in other Arawakan languages.
Bare Pronunciation Guide:
    How to pronounce Bare words.
Bare Colors:
    Worksheet showing color words in the Baré language.
Bare Body Parts:
    Online and printable worksheets showing parts of the body in the Baré language.

˜Bare Language Resources –

For Want of a Word:
    Interview with linguist Alexandra Aikhenvald about the Tariana and Bare languages.
Bare:
    Information on the Bare language. Page in Spanish.
Baré Language:
    Demographic information on Bare from the Ethnologue of Languages.

˜Bare Culture and History –

We Were Not Indians:
    Oral history told by a Baré man, including the tribe's origin story and several prophecies.
The Life of the Indian Tribes of South Venezuela:
    Online museum exhibit on the culture of the Baniva, Piapoco, Warekena, Curripaco, and Bare tribes.



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