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Extinct Arawakan language of Colombia

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Cabre
Cávere
Native to	Colombia
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Arawakan Northern Upper Amazon? Western Nawiki? Cabre
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Linguist List	`qfd`
Glottolog	None

Cabre (Cabere, Cávere) is an extinct Arawakan language of Colombia. Speakers lived along the Teviare and Zama rivers among speakers of Western Nawiki (Upper Amazonian) languages, but not enough is known to classify it well. Gilij (see Campbell) cited:

Maipure	Güipunave	Cávere	(gloss)
yema	dema	shema	'tobacco'
yapa	dapa	shapa	'monte' (hill, bush)

References

Arawakan (Maipurean) languages

Northern

Caribbean

Palikuran

Pidjanan

Upper Amazon

Western Nawiki	Achawa Amarizana Anauyá Cabiyari (?) Cabre (?) Guarú Kawishana Mainatari Mandawaca Mepuri Pasé Piapoco Resígaro (?) Warekena Waraikú (?) Wainumá–Mariaté Wiriná (?) Yabaâna (?) Yucuna Yumana
Eastern Nawiki	Baniwa Kurripako Tariana
Central Upper Amazon	Avane Baré Baniwa of Guainia Guinao Maipure Marawá Yavitero
Manao	Kariaí Manao Shiriana (?)

Southern

Western	Chamicuro Morique Yanesha'
Central Maipurean	Agavotaguerra (?) Custenau Enawenê-Nawê Paresí Saraveca Waura–Mehináku Yawalapití
Piro	Apurinã Iñapari Cararí Mashco Piro Piro Kanamaré
Bolivia–Parana	Baure Lapachu Moxos Pauna Terêna–Chané
Campa	Asháninka Ashéninga Axininca Caquinte Matsiguenga Nomatsiguenga Pucapucari

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