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Bare Language (Baré, Balé, Barauna)
Language: 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.
Bare is a polysynthetic language with
SVO word order.
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Names: Baré, or Balé, is a tribal name from their own language. Some say it is a shortened form of the word for
"friends" or "allies," while others say it derives from the word for "white." Alternate spellings of this name have included
Bare, Bale, Barré, Barre, and Barrés. The names of Bare subgroups include
Barauna (also spelled Barauana or Barawana),
Ihini (also spelled Ihni, Inhini, Ibini, or Ihini-Bare),
Arihini (also spelled Arihini-Bare), and
Cunipusana. The
Mandahuaca (or Maldavaca)
are also referred to as a Bare subgroup in some literature, but although they do share
many cultural similarities, their languages are distinct. The more general
names Mitua and
Yavita are sometimes used to
refer to the Bare Indians as well as to other neighboring tribes.
Bare Language
Bare language samples and resources.
Bare Culture and History
Information and links about the Bare tribe past and present.
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.
House of Languages: Baré
Information about Baré language usage.
AILLA: Bare:
Archive of Bare language recordings available for download.
Baré Language:
Demographic information on Bare from the Ethnologue of Languages.
Baré Language Tree:
Theories about Bare's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.
Baré Language Structures:
Bare linguistic profile and academic bibliography.
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Comparative Arawakan Histories:
Anthropology book on the Baré and other Arawakan tribes of the Amazon.
The Amazonian Languages:
Linguistic information about Bare and dozens of other Amazonian languages.
Links, References, and Additional Information
Wikipedia: Baré:
Encyclopedia articles on the Baré language.
Los Baré 
Os Barés:
Information about the Bares in Spanish and Portuguese.
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