Baure language

Bauré
Native toBolivia
RegionBeni Department
Ethnicity980 (2006)[1]
Native speakers
20 (2010)[1]
Arawakan
  • Southern
    • Bolivia–Parana
      • Moxos
        • Bauré
Dialects
  • Joaquiniano
Official status
Official language in
 Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3brg
Glottologbaur1253
ELPBaure
Baure is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Bauré is an endangered Arawakan language spoken by only 40 of the thousand Baure people of the Beni Department of northwest of Magdalena, Bolivia. Some Bible portions have been translated into Bauré. Most speakers have been shifting to Spanish.

In 2010, the language had around 20 native speakers left, based on the evidence available.[2] Since Supreme Decree N.25894 in 2000, it has been considered one of the official indigenous languages of Bolivia,[3] which was included in the Political Constitution passed on 7 February 2009.[4]

  1. ^ a b Bauré at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Baure". Endangered Languages Project. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Bolivia: Decreto Supremo Nº 25894, 11 de septiembre de 2000". www.lexivox.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  4. ^ "Constitución Política del Estado (CPE) - Infoleyes Bolivia". bolivia.infoleyes.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2024-02-29.