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Name:
Warao
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Guarao; Guasay; Warrau; Guarauno; Uarow; Araote; Tivativa; Warau; Guaruno; Waraw; Faraute
Spoken in:
Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana
Number of speakers:
28,100 in Venezuela (2007). Ethnic population: 36,129
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
25000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
18000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
wba
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Isolates & Small Families
Parent Subgroup:
South American Isolates; South American Language Isolate (saso)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Warao
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