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ALSO KNOWN AS		Cunimía, Jiw, Mítus, Mítua, Wayavero, Hiw
CLASSIFICATION		Guajiboan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		guo
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,000

DATE OF INFO: 2008 (speakers); 2007 (population)

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Vigorous. All domains. All ages."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Positive

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

"Taught in primary schools in most villages."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES: Northern Colombia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Meta and Guaviare departments, Upper Guaviare River.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,118
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Instituto Caro y Cuervo 2000: 1,000; Arango y Sánchez 2004: 1,118; Censo 2005: 617

Ethnic population
1,060

PLACES: Colombia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Colombia, east, Department of Guaviare, on the upper course of the Guaviare, to the east of San Jose del Guaviare in Barrancon, Barranco
Salado, Barranco Colorado or Barrranco Alto or Bellavista, Barranco Ceiba, Laguna Araguato, Laguna Barajas, Macuare and La Fuga.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,118
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,237
Native speakers worldwide

0199255911			2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press			New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																2.83333333333,-72.0
	3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing			Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		1,118		1000-9999					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						2.6028,-72.3999
			2007	South America	Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages	103-196	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge					Mily Crevels	Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	1,060												Colombia	Colombia, east, Department of Guaviare, on the upper course of the Guaviare, to the east of San Jose del Guaviare in Barrancon, Barranco Salado, Barranco Colorado or Barrranco Alto or Bellavista, Barranco Ceiba, Laguna Araguato, Laguna Barajas, Macuare and La Fuga.
	17th		2013	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)			Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig	Dallas, Texas: SIL International				http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		2,000	1,000	2008 (speakers); 2007 (population)	1000-9999		Spanish	Positive	"Taught in primary schools in most villages."	Vulnerable (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"Vigorous. All domains. All ages."	11	Northern Colombia	Meta and Guaviare departments, Upper Guaviare River.
				World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			1,237		1000-9999					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		7	2010	Las lenguas indígenas de Colombia a vuelo de pájaro		9-25.			Revista de Lenguas Indígenas y Universos Culturales	7			Pérez, María Stella González de	Pérez, María Stella González de. "Las lenguas indígenas de Colombia a vuelo de pájaro." Revista de Lenguas Indígenas y Universos Culturales, 2010, 7: 9-25.			1,118		1000-9999	Instituto Caro y Cuervo 2000: 1,000; Arango y Sánchez 2004: 1,118; Censo 2005: 617				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Guayabero

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,118

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,118

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,237

Discussion

Guayabero

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,118

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,118

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,237

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