Baré language
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Baré is an Arawakan language, probably extinct, of Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 and Brazil
Brazil
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. Aikhenvald (1999) reports "just a few old speakers left" of Baré proper, and that the Guinau variety was extinct. Ethnologue (2009) reports "no known speakers". Kaufman (1994) considers Baré proper, Guinau, and extinct Marawá to be distinct languages; Aikhenvald, dialects of a single languages. (Marawá is not the same language as Marawán.)

Baré is a generic name for a number of Arawakan languages in the area, including Mandahuaca, Guarequena, Baniwa
Baniwa language
Baniwa , or Baniwa of Içana , is an Arawakan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil, and in Venezuela.Aikhenvald considers Curripaco and Kadaupuritana to be dialects; Kaufman considers them to be distinct languages. Ethnologue distinguishes only the first...

, and Piapoco. Baré [bae] is the language given this name in Kaufman, Aikhenvald, and Ethnologue.
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