Piapoco

Piapoco is a language, spoken in Colombia and Venezuela. Wikidata counts about 6,400 speakers (2001). Wikidata describes it as “Arawakan language of Colombia and Venezuela”.

5 · Developing 6,400

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: pio
Glottocode: piap1246
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 5 Developing
UNESCO: Definitely endangered
Wikipedia: 12 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

2countries

—scripts

—levels in the tree

5EGIDS level

Facts

Name	Piapoco
Also called	Piapoco language
All speakers	6,400 (2001)

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level

UNESCO: Definitely endangered

Languages at this level

where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Piapoco is spoken — Map: Breogan2008 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Colombia81 languages in the index Venezuela45 languages in the index

Also spoken in Colombia

spaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · National romRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangered rmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · Threatened gucWayuuTa-Arawakan · 300,0005 · Developing pbbPáezunclassified · 140,0006b · Threatened empNorthern EmberaChoco · 72,0005 · Developing tcaTicunaunclassified · 61,0005 · Developing inbIngaQuechua · 33,0006b · Threatened guhGuahiboGuajiboan · 23,006Vulnerable gumGuambianoBarbacoan · 20,7825 · Developing