Warao

Also known as Warabí, Guarauno, Guarao, Warrau

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Native to: Venezuela , Guyana , Suriname
Ethnicity: Warao
Native speakers: 32,800 (2005–2011)
Language family: Language isolate or Waroid
Official language in: Venezuela
Iso 639 3: wba
Glottolog: wara1303
Elp: Warao

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Commons category: Warao language
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 28100

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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. The 2015 Venezuelan film Gone with the River was spoken in Warao.

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