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Warao

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Summary

Warao is a language[1]. Warao ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (710 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Guyana[3], Venezuela[4]
  • Instance of: modern language[5]
  • Commons category: Warao language[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Warao language[7]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 32,800[8], 28,100[9]
  • UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered[10]
  • Indigenous to: Barima-Waini[11], Essequibo Islands-West Demerara[12], Pomeroon-Supenaam[13], Monagas[14], Sucre[15], Delta Amacuro[16]
  • Ethnologue language status: 6a Vigorous[17]
  • Linguistic typology: object–subject–verb[18], agglutinative language[19], language isolate[20]
  • Category for films in this language: Category:Warao-language films[21]

Why It Matters

Warao has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Warao is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Guyana Venezuela

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] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Language", "Warao"]
    Wikipedia languages → ['ast', 'br', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'ha',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Language", "Warao"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/53952007|Warao (#53952007)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/145"
  2. 22w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Guyana, Venezuela
    Ethnologue language status → 6a Vigorous
    Category for films in this language → Category:Warao-language films
    Indigenous to → Barima-Waini, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Pomeroon-Supenaam +3
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||lt, fi, ha, eo, et, sq, sh, id, gl, hif, pl, ast, vi, hr, ko, pt, lfn, oc, qu, eu, nn, br */ Add 22 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia article"
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