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Native Speakers Worldwide

~312,730

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Ethnic Population

~312,730

Non-monolingual speakers

Most Guajiro are bilingual in Spanish.

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There are 144,000 in Colombia and 168,730 in Venezuela.

Year of info

2007

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Colombia and Venezuela

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Colombia: Department of La Guajira, all over the peninsula, especially in the municipalities of Uribia, Manaure, and Maicao, but also in Riohacha, Barrancas, Fonseca, San Juan del Cesar, Villanueva, Urumita, and El Molino. Venezuela: Zulia State, La Guajira Peninsula, to the northwest and west of Lake Maracaibo; to the north of the cities Sinamaica and Maracaibo, towards the Colombian border; a little to the north of Guana, and in Maracaibo.

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Guajiro language forms an important factor of ethnic and cultural identity.

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Colombia: Department of La Guajira, all over the peninsula, especially in the municipalities of Uribia, Manaure, and Maicao, but also in Riohacha, Barrancas, Fonseca, San Juan del Cesar, Villanueva, Urumita, and El Molino. Venezuela: Zulia State, La Guajira Peninsula, to the northwest and west of Lake Maracaibo; to the north of the cities Sinamaica and Maracaibo, towards the Colombian border; a little to the north of Guana, and in Maracaibo.

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Spanish

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Native Speakers Worldwide

318,500

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2010

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11.8673,-71.9824

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Native Speakers Worldwide

305,000

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135,000 in Colombia; 199,000 in Venezuela. (Unchanged 2016).

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2009

Location and Context

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Venezuela; Colombia;

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La Guajira Department, Guajira peninsula, Caribbean coast.

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La Guajira Department, Guajira peninsula, Caribbean coast.

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One of the most vigorously spoken indigenous languages in South America (Crevels 2007). Positive attitudes. Many, especially younger generations, understand and speak Spanish [spa] fluently (Crevels 2007) (2013).

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Native Speakers Worldwide

443,604

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Ethnic Population

443604

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There are 293,777 speakers (and ethnic population) in Venezuela (2001) and 149,827 speakers (and ethnic population) in Colombia (2001).

Year of info

2012

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Colombia and Venezuela

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2005

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12.0,-72.0

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