Piaroa language
| Piaroa | |
|---|---|
| De'aruwa | |
| Native to | Colombia and Venezuela |
| Ethnicity | Piaroa people |
Native speakers | 17,000 (2001–2002)[1] |
Piaroa–Saliban
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:pid – Piaroawpc – Wirö (Maco) |
| Glottolog | maco1238 Wirö + Piaroapiar1243 Piaroa |
| ELP | Piaroa |
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 is a dialect of Piaroa, or at least very closely related (Hammarström 2010).[2]
References
- ^ Piaroa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Wirö (Maco) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Harald Hammarström, 2010, 'The status of the least documented language families in the world'. In Language Documentation & Conservation, v 4, p 183 [1]
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