Piaroa language

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Piaroa
De'aruwa
Native to Colombia and Venezuela
Ethnicity Piaroa people
Native speakers
 17,000  (2001–2002)[1]
Dialects
Wirö (Maco)
Ature?
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
pid – Piaroa
wpc – Wirö (Maco)

Piaroa (also called Guagua ~ Kuakua ~ Quaqua, Adole ~ Ature, Wo’tiheh) is an indigenous language of Colombia and Venezuela, native to the Piaroa people.

A Wirö language (commonly called Maco) is sometimes listed separately, or left unclassified. It is very poorly attested, but the few words which are known are enough to show it's a dialect of Piaroa, or at least very closely related (Hammarström 2010).

References

  1. ↑ Piaroa reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Wirö (Maco) reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

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