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Waorani
Waorani is a language, spoken in Ecuador. Wikidata counts about 1,650 speakers (2004). Wikidata describes it as “language isolate spoken by the Huaorani people in the Amazon”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
auc- Glottocode
waor1240- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
—levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Waorani |
|---|---|
| Also called | Huaorani, Waorani language, Wao Terero, Sabela, Wao |
| All speakers | 1,650 (2004) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelwhere 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 Ecuador
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