Wayuu

Arawakan language
Intangible natural_language Q891085
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Wayuu

Summary

Wayuu is a natural language[1]. Wayuu draws 167 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #197 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wayuu is in the country of Colombia[3].
  • Wayuu is in the country of Venezuela[4].
  • Wayuu's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Wayuu's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Wayuu's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as guc[7].
  • Wayuu's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85055482[8].
  • Wayuu's subclass of is recorded as Ta-Arawakan[9].
  • Wayuu's subclass of is recorded as Indigenous languages of the Americas[10].
  • Wayuu's writing system is recorded as Latin script[11].
  • Wayuu's IETF language tag is recorded as guc[12].
  • Wayuu's Commons category is recorded as Wayuu language[13].
  • Wayuu's Wikimedia language code is recorded as guc[14].
  • Wayuu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 12, 'lon': -71.7}[15].
  • Wayuu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026wqvr[16].
  • Wayuu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wayuu language[17].
  • Wayuu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+300000'}[18].
  • Wayuu's Glottolog code is recorded as wayu1243[19].
  • Wayuu's WALS lect code is recorded as goa[20].
  • Wayuu's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as guc[21].
  • Wayuu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'guc', 'text': 'Wayuunaiki'}[22].
  • Wayuu's distribution map is recorded as Wayuu.png[23].
  • Wayuu's UNESCO language status is recorded as 2 vulnerable[24].
  • Wayuu's endangeredlanguages.com ID is recorded as 2696[25].
  • Wayuu's indigenous to is recorded as La Guajira Department[26].
  • Wayuu's indigenous to is recorded as Mérida[27].

Why It Matters

Wayuu draws 167 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #197 of 734).[2] Wayuu has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Wayuu is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . World Atlas of Language Structures. Retrieved . wals.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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