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Name:
Guajiro
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Goajiro; Wayuu; Wahiro; Guajira; Goahiro; Wayuunaiki
Spoken in:
Venezuela, Colombia
Number of speakers:
135,000 in Colombia (1995 SIL). Population total all countries: 305,000
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
318500
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
305000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
guc
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Maipurean (Maipuran, Arawakan)
Parent Subgroup:
Guajiro; Wahiro (gujr)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Guajiro
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