ISO 639-3 · bwibwi
Upper Amazon Arawakan family
Baniwa
Baniwa is a language of the Upper Amazon Arawakan branch, spoken in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bwi- Glottocode
bani1255- Family
- Upper Amazon Arawakan
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Baniwa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Baniwa language |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Upper Amazon Arawakan to Baniwa
The branches above Baniwa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
7Upper Amazon ArawakanfamilybwiBaniwalanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Brazil
porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalgrnGuaraniTupian · 4.5 mSafebzsBrazilian Sign Languageunclassified · 3 m5 · DevelopingvecVenetianIndo-European · 2 m5 · DevelopingyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedtcaTicunaunclassified · 61,0005 · DevelopingguuYanomamöYanomaman · 16,2005 · DevelopingterTerênaunclassified · 16,0007 · ShiftingwapWapishanaNorthern Maipuran · 13,0006b · Threatened