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Name: Puinave
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Guipuinave; Guaipunavos; Puinabe; Guaipuinavi; Waipuinavi; Wonsüht; Guaipunavi
Spoken in: Venezuela, Colombia
Number of speakers: 2,000 in Colombia (1977 NTM). Population total all countries: 2,880 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 7377 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 2240 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: pui
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Maku, Puinavean
Parent Subgroup: Kakua (kaku)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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