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Wayuu

A language of Colombia

ISO 639-3: guc

Population	135,000 in Colombia (1995 SIL). Population total all countries: 305,000.
Region	Guajira Peninsula, Caribbean coast. Also in Venezuela.
Language map	Northern Colombia
Alternate names	Guajiro, Goajiro, Guajira, Wayu, Uáira, Waiu, Wayúu, Wayuunaiki
Classification	Arawakan, Maipuran, Northern Maipuran, Caribbean
Language use	Positive attitude. Some also use Spanish.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. NT: 2002.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO. Pastoralists.

Also spoken in:

Venezuela

Language name	Wayuu
Population	170,000 in Venezuela (1995 SIL). Ethnic population: 293,777.
Region	Zulia state, Guajira Peninsula.
Language map	Venezuela, reference number 32
Alternate names	Goajiro, Guajira, Guajiro
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–25%.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Captain, David M. and Linda B. Captain, compilers. 2005. Diccionario básico ilustrado; Wayuunaiki-Español; Español-Wayuunaiki.  

Captain, David. 2005. "Proto Lokono-guajiro."

Estrada U., Guillermo, Richard A. Mansen, and Karis Mansen. 1976. "Texto guajiro: La historia de Couyatalima."  

Longacre, Robert E. and Frances M. Woods, editors. 1976. Discourse grammar: Studies in indigenous languages of Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, 1.  

Mansen, Karis and Richard A. Mansen. 1984. Aprendamos guajiro: Gramática pedagógica de guajiro.  

Mansen, Richard A. 1967. "Guajiro phonemes."  

Mansen, Richard A. 1972. "Fonemas del guajiro."  

Mansen, Richard A. 1973. "Guajiro."  

Mansen, Richard A. 1988. Dispute negotiations among the Guajiro of Colombia and Venezuela: Dynamics of compensation and status.

Mansen, Richard A. 1991. "Citas dramatúrgicas en el discurso persuasivo y narrativo del guajiro (wayuu)."

Mansen, Richard A. and Karis Mansen. 1976. "The structure of sentence and paragraph in Guajiro narrative discourse."  

Mansen, Richard A. and Karis Mansen. 1979. "Couyatalima: Texto del guajiro."  

Mansen, Richard A. and Karis Mansen. 1979. "La estructura de la oracion y del parrafo en el discurso narrativo del guajiro."  

Mansen, Richard and David Captain. 2000. "El idioma wayuu (o guajiro)."

Mansen, Richard. 2005. "Distribución de los verbos emotivos en la negociación de disputas en el guajiro."

Monterroso A., Ruth, editor. 1979. Estudios en Guajiro.  

Schauer, Stanley and others. 1973. Aspectos de la cultura material de grupos étnicos de Colombia 1.  

Waterhouse, Viola G., editor. 1967. Phonemic systems of Colombian languages.  

Waterhouse, Viola G., editor. 1972. Sistemas fonológicos de idiomas colombianos 1.  

Vernacular Publications

¡El colera!. 1992.

Alijuna. 1977.

Nachikɨ na nɨchoinkana Juulio sɨnain kaleʼeruwaa wuliyuuna. 1991.

Sɨchiki kasa nɨtɨma wayuu. 1989.

Tɨ nɨchikkat Cristóbal Colón. 1991.

Una collección de narraciónes indígenas. 1976.

Wayuunaiqui (cartilla cuarta). 1973.

Wayuunaiqui; cartilla preliminar. 1973.

Wayuunaiqui; cartilla primera. 1973.

Wayuunaiqui; cartilla quinta. 1973.

Wayuunaiqui; cartilla segunda. 1973.

Wayuunaiqui; cartilla tercera. 1973.