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This article is about the language spoken in South America; for the language of Nepal, see Wayu language. Wayuu WayuunaikiPronunciation
Native to Venezuela, ColombiaEthnicity Wayuu peopleNative speakers 320,000 (2001–2007)Language family Arawakan NorthernTa-ArawakanWayuuWriting
system Latin scriptOfficial statusRegulated by Centro Etnoeducativo Kamusuchiwo’uLanguage codesISO 639-3 guc 300pxExtent of
both the Wayuu people and language. The Wayuu language, or Goajiro, is spoken by 305,000 indigenous Wayuu people in northwestern
Venezuela and northeastern Colombia on the Guajira Peninsula. Wayuu is part of the Maipurean language family predominant in
different parts of the Caribbean. They have some minimal differences in dialect depending on the region of La Guajira in which
they live; northern, central or southern zones of this region. Most of the new generations speak Spanish fluently but they
understand the importance of preserving their traditional native tongue. To promote cultural integration and bilingual education
among Wayuu and other Colombians, the Kamusuchiwo’u Ethno-educative Center or Centro Etnoeducativo Kamusuchiwo’u came up with
the initiative of creating the first illustrated Wayuunaiki–Spanish, Spanish–Wayuunaiki dictionary. Less than 1% of Wayuu
speakers are literate in Wayuu while 5 to 15% are literate in Spanish. There are 200,000 speakers in Venezuela and 120,000
in Colombia. Smith (1995) reports that a mixed Guajiro-Spanish language is replacing Wayuu in both countries. However, Campbell
(1997) could find no information on this. |
Names (more)[en] Wayuu language[eo] Vajua lingvo [fr] Wayuu [gv] Wayuu [pt] Língua wayuu [qu] Wayuw simi [ru] Гуахиро [es] Idioma wayúu |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : gucLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/guchttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:guc More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: gucFreebase ISO 639-3 : guc GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |