Yavitero language

{{Infobox language

| name = Yavitero

| altname = Paraene

| states = Venezuela

| region = Orinoco

| ethnicity =

| extinct = by 2005

| ref =

| familycolor = arawakan

| fam1 = Arawakan

| fam2 = Northern

| fam3 = Upper Amazonian

| fam4 = Orinoco

| fam5 = Yavitero languages

| iso3 = yvt

| ELP = 1640

| ELPname = Yavitero

| glotto = yavi1244

| glottorefname = Yavitero-Pareni

}}

Yavitero or Paraene is an extinct Maipurean language of Venezuela.

Phonology

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colspan="2" \|Lateral Tap \| \| \|{{IPAlink\|ɺ̥}} {{IPAlink\|ɺ}} \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Semivowel \| \| \| \|{{IPAlink\|j}} \|{{IPAlink\|w}} \|

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