ISO 639-3 · wpcwpc
Piaroa–Saliban family
Maco
Maco is a language of the Piaroa–Saliban branch, spoken in Venezuela. Wikidata counts about 2,500 speakers (2002). Wikidata describes it as “indigenous language of Colombia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
wpc- Glottocode
maco1239- Family
- Piaroa–Saliban
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Maco |
|---|---|
| Also called | Maco language, Wirö language, Wirö, Jojod |
| All speakers | 2,500 (2002) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Piaroa–Saliban to Maco
The branches above Maco, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
3Piaroa–SalibanfamilywpcMacolanguage
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 Venezuela
spaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalgswAlemannicIndo-European · 10 m5 · DevelopinggucWayuuTa-Arawakan · 300,0005 · DevelopingwbaWaraounclassified · 28,1006a · VigorousguhGuahiboGuajiboan · 23,006VulnerableguuYanomamöYanomaman · 16,2005 · DevelopingcarCaribCariban · 10,0006b · ThreatenedmbcMacushiCariban · 9,6006b · ThreatenedyrlNheengatuTupian · 8,0007 · ShiftingyupYukpaCariban · 7,5006b · Threatened