Guajiro
E618301
Guajiro is another name for the Wayuu language, an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Wayuu people of the Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName | Wayuu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryStatus |
recognized indigenous language in Colombia
ⓘ
recognized indigenous language in Venezuela ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Wayuu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | wayu1243 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Wayuu language
ⓘ
Wayúu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling | Wayuunaiki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | marker of Wayuu ethnic identity ⓘ |
| hasDialects | various regional varieties ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | New Testament translations and other religious texts ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable (variously classified) ⓘ |
| hasLanguagePolicyContext |
protected under indigenous language rights in Colombia
ⓘ
protected under indigenous language rights in Venezuela ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom | Caribbean Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | documented in grammars and dictionaries ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMediaUse | local radio broadcasts in Wayuu communities ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicStandardization |
subject of standardization efforts in Colombia
ⓘ
subject of standardization efforts in Venezuela ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
tonal or pitch accent-like features (analyzed by some linguists) ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | binational community across Colombia–Venezuela border ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SOV word order (with variation) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | guc ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Guajiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Falcon State, Venezuela
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Guajira Department, Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zulia State, Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
Guajira Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Venezuela ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Wayuu communities in rural areas
ⓘ
Wayuu communities in urban areas ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Wayuu rituals and ceremonies
ⓘ
Wayuu traditional law and governance ⓘ oral tradition of the Wayuu people ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | bilingual education programs for Wayuu children ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.