Guajibo
[aka Guahibo, Guaybo, Sikuani]Classification: Guajiboan
·vulnerable
Classification: Guajiboan
·vulnerable
Guahibo, Guaybo, Sikuani, Sicuani, Goahibo, Guaigua, Guayba, Wahibo, Goahiva, Hiwi, Wahivo |
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Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
~32,150
There are 20,550 Guahibo in Colombia and 11,600 in Venezuela.
In Colombia about 40 percent of the ethnic group are monolingual and in Venezuela most are monolingual.
Spanish
Colombia, Department of Vichada, between the Meta and Guaviare rivers and to the north of the Meta, Casanare and Arauca rivers; Venezuela, in the south of Apure State, northwest of Amazonas State, and around San Juan de Manapiare; basically the territory includes the banks of the rivers Vichada, Tuparro, Tomo, Meta, part of the Capanaparo and Arauca, and part of the middle course of the Orinoco on the Colombian border.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
23,000 in Colombia, 11,200 in Venezuela
(2016, no change.)
Plains region, mainly Vichada and eastern Meta departments; border areas in Casanare, Guaviare, Arauca, and Guainia departments.