Also Known As:
Goajiro, Wayuu, Wahiro, Guajira, Goahiro, Wayuunaiki
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Wayuunaiki (Guajiro) talking dictionary (audio recordings) from Living Tongues Institute for Endange
Alan Lomax Parlametrics - Dub from Lomax Library. A Guajiro story. 2:17 minutes
Alan Lomax Parlametrics - Short story
Contributor:
Lomax, Alan
Vulnerable
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~312,730
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 0
Almost all members of the community or ethnic group speak the language, and the number of speakers is stable or increasing.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 1
Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
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Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.