Baré
Baré was an Arawakan language once spoken in Brazil and Venezuela.
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Baré (Barawana) is an extinct Arawakan language of Venezuela and Brazil. Its last fluent speaker, Candelário da Silva, died in 1993, but six of the Baré people, as of 2001, still remembered something of the language; the rest have switched to Nheengatu, a Tupian language, Spanish, or Portuguese. It is closely related to a number of extinct languages, such as Guinau and Mandawaca.
From Wikipedia · Baré language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Baré
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | he5ari* | |
| name | naha* | |
| eye | withi* | |
| ear | idatinihi* | |
| nose | ti* | |
| tooth | ahai* | |
| tongue | neni* | |
| hand | khabi* | |
| blood | hi* | |
| bone | abihi* | |
| skin | idahai* | |
| knee | subukuri* | |
| breast | dini* | |
| liver | kabare* | |
| water | ũni | |
| fire | kameni* | |
| sun | kamuhu* | |
| star | hwinadi* | |
| stone | tiba* | |
| mountain | siyaba* | |
| tree | ada* | |
| leaf | dabana* | |
| night | hebi5a* | |
| dog | Cinu* | |
| fish | kubati* | |
| louse | tuida* | |
| one | bakunakari* | |
| two | bikunama* | |
| I | nuni* | |
| you | bini* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Yavitero-PareniArawakan21% alike
- PiapocoArawakan19% alike
- CurripacoArawakan18% alike
- Baniva de MaroaArawakan17% alike
- Baniwa do IcanaArawakan16% alike
- AchaguaArawakan16% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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