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: | 18,772 in Colombia (1993 census), 5,000 in Venezuela | |
| 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. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Guahibo, the native language of the Guahibo people, is a Guahiban language that is spoken by about 19,000 people in Colombia and additional 5000 in Venezuela. There is a 40% rate of monolingalism, and a 45% literacy rate.
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