Guinau is an extinct Arawakan language of Venezuela, formerly spoken along the Merevarí River, a tributary of the Caura River. It has sometimes been considered a dialect of the closely related Baré language, and is classified in the Rio Negro branch by Ramirez and França (2019). The Guinau people were absorbed into the Ye'kuana before 1991.
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Guinau (Temomeyéme, Guinau: Temoːme̥yé̱ːmẽ̥) is an extinct Arawakan language of Venezuela, formerly spoken along the Merevarí River, a tributary of the Caura River.
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