Guahibo language

Guahibo
Jiwi
Native toColombia, Venezuela
RegionCasanare, eastern Meta, Vichada, Guaviare, Guainia states (Colombia)
Orinoco River (Venezuela)
Native speakers
(34,000 cited 1998–2001)[1]
Guahiban
  • Guahibo
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
guh – Guahibo
gob – Playero (Pepojivi)
Glottologguah1254
ELPGuajibo
 Playero[2]

Guahibo, the native language of the Guahibo people, is a Guahiban language that is spoken by about 23,006 people in Colombia and additional 8,428 in Venezuela. There is a 40% rate of monolingualism, and a 45% literacy rate.

  1. ^ Guahibo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Playero (Pepojivi) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Playero.