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Mandahuaca (Mandawaka) is an Arawakan language of
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and formerly of
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. The number of speakers is not known; the most recent data was published in 1975. It is one of several languages which goes by the generic name Baré. Kaufman (1994) classified it in a Warekena group of Western Nawiki Upper Amazonian, Aikhenvald (1999) in Central (Orinoco) Upper Amazonian.


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Languages of Venezuela Arawakan languages {{Arawakan-lang-stub