Guahibo language
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| Guahibo | ||
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| Spoken in: | Colombia, Venezuela | |
| Region: | Casanare, eastern Meta, Vichada, Guaviare, Guainia states (Colombia)
Orinoco River (Venezuela) |
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| Total speakers: | 23,006 in Colombia (2005 census), 8,428 in Venezuela (2001 census) | |
| Language family: | Guahiban Guahibo |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | ||
| ISO 639-3: | guh | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Guahibo, the native language of the Guahibo people, is a Guahiban language that is spoken by about 23,006 people in Colombia and additional 8,428 in Venezuela. There is a 40% rate of monolingalism, and a 45% literacy rate.
[edit] External links
- Guahibo language at Ethnologue
- (Spanish) Luis Angel Arango Library: Diagnóstico sociolingüístico de Cumaribo, zona de contacto indígena – Colono, Vichadaby Héctor Ramírez Cruz
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