Endangered Languages Project - Warao

Warao

^{[aka Guarao, Guasay, Warrau]}

Classification: Isolate

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Guarao, Guasay, Warrau, Guarauno, Uarow, Araote, Tivativa, Warau, Guaruno, Waraw, Faraute
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, South American
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wba
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~32,400
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
41,068
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Guyana: few speakers, 5,000 population (2000).
Venezuela: 32,400 speakers, 36,068 population (2001).

DATE OF INFO: 2000 for Guyana, 2001 for Venezuela

PLACES: Guyana

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
28,100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
28,100 in Venezuela (2007); ethnic population: 36,129. Few in Guyana (Forte 1990); ethnic population: 5,000 in Guyana (2000 J. Forte). Few in Suriname.
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 2007

MORE ON VITALITY

Vigorous

PLACES: Suriname; Venezuela; Guyana;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Venezuela: Orinoco River Delta, Delta Amacuro, Sucre, Monagas. Guyana: Northwestern, at Oreala, Guyana near coast, mixed with Arawak and Carib speakers. Suriname: Near Guyana border.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
18,000
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

9.33333333333,-61.6666666667

COORDINATES

8.6027,-61.3806

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press