 | This article should specify the language of its non-English content, using {{lang}}, {{transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and {{IPA}} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriate ISO 639 code. Wikipedia's multilingual support templates may also be used - notably wba for Warao. (September 2024) |
| Warao | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname |
| Ethnicity | Warao |
Native speakers | 32,800 (2005–2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wba |
| Glottolog | wara1303 |
| ELP | Warao |
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Warao (also known as Guarauno, Guarao, Warrau) is the native language of the Warao people. A language isolate, it is spoken by about 33,000 people primarily in northern Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. It is notable for its unusual object–subject–verb word order.[2] The 2015 Venezuelan film Gone with the River was spoken in Warao.[3]
- ^ Warao at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ^ "Warao". www.jorojokowarao.de. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ^ Vargas, Andrew S. (10 September 2015). "Venezuela's First Film Shot in the Warao Language Is Chosen as Entry for the Oscars". Remezcla. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
