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This article is about the language spoken in South America; for the language of Nepal, see Wayu language. Wayuu WayuunaikiPronunciation Native to Venezuela, ColombiaEthnicity Wayuu peopleNative speakers 320,000  (2001–2007)Language family Arawakan NorthernTa-ArawakanWayuuWriting system Latin scriptOfficial statusRegulated by Centro Etnoeducativo Kamusuchiwo’uLanguage codesISO 639-3 guc 300pxExtent of both the Wayuu people and language. The Wayuu language, or Goajiro, is spoken by 305,000 indigenous Wayuu people in northwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia on the Guajira Peninsula. Wayuu is part of the Maipurean language family predominant in different parts of the Caribbean. They have some minimal differences in dialect depending on the region of La Guajira in which they live; northern, central or southern zones of this region. Most of the new generations speak Spanish fluently but they understand the importance of preserving their traditional native tongue. To promote cultural integration and bilingual education among Wayuu and other Colombians, the Kamusuchiwo’u Ethno-educative Center or Centro Etnoeducativo Kamusuchiwo’u came up with the initiative of creating the first illustrated Wayuunaiki–Spanish, Spanish–Wayuunaiki dictionary. Less than 1% of Wayuu speakers are literate in Wayuu while 5 to 15% are literate in Spanish. There are 200,000 speakers in Venezuela and 120,000 in Colombia. Smith (1995) reports that a mixed Guajiro-Spanish language is replacing Wayuu in both countries. However, Campbell (1997) could find no information on this.
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