BRG ISO 639-3
Baure
A language of Bolivia
- ISO 639
- brg
- Alternate Names
- Chiquimiti, Maure
- Population
- 67 (Crevels 2012), decreasing. Ethnic population: 980 (2006 PIB).
- Location:
- El Beni department: Iténez and Mamoré provinces, Baures, Huacaraje, Magdalena municipalities, Baures and El Carmen, San Miguel, Tujure, Cairo, Alta Gracia, Jasiaquini, Bereuro, San Francisco, San Pedro, Buena Hora, Las Peñas, and Pueblo Baure villages; between Iténez and Río Blanco rivers.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund).
- Classification
- Maipurean, Southern, Southern Outlier, Mojo
- Dialects
- Carmeltio (Carmelitano). There were only 4 speakers of the Carmelito dialect remaining in 2012.
- Typology
- 14 consonants and 4 vowels.
- Language Use
- Older adults only. Shifted to Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Literature. Grammar. Bible portions: 1960–1966.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Baure
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
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Location: El Beni department: Iténez and Mamoré provinces, Baures, Huacaraje, Magdalena municipalities, Baures and El Carmen, San Miguel, Tujure, Cairo, Alta Gracia, Jasiaquini, Bereuro, San Francisco, San Pedro, Buena Hora, Las Peñas, and Pueblo Baure villages; between Iténez and Río Blanco rivers.
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