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Arawakan languages

Arawakan is a language family with 48 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in North America and South America. The largest by number of speakers are Wayuu, Garifuna, and Curripaco. 48 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
WayuuColombia, Venezuela312,730Vulnerable
GarifunaBelize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua100,000At risk
CurripacoBrazil, Colombia, Venezuela12,075Vulnerable
WapishanaBrazil, Guyana10,900Vulnerable
BaniwaBrazil, Colombia, Venezuela9,554Threatened
TerenoBrazil8,439Vulnerable
PiapocoColombia, Venezuela6,041Threatened
NomatsiguengaPeru5,531Threatened
MachiguengaPeru5,000Threatened
YinePeru3,490Threatened
TrinitarioBolivia3,140Threatened
ArawakFrench Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela2,000Severely Endangered
PalikúrBrazil, French Guiana2,000Threatened
ParecísBrazil2,000Threatened
MachinereBolivia, Brazil950Endangered
YucunaBrazil, Colombia, Peru550Endangered
NantiPeru450Vulnerable
Enawené-NawéBrazil445Endangered
WauráBrazil410Endangered
ApurinãBrazil400Endangered
Mashco PiroPeru400Endangered
AchaguaColombia283Endangered
MehinákuBrazil227Endangered
GuarequenaBrazil, Colombia, Venezuela180Endangered
TarianaBrazil, Colombia90Critically Endangered
BaureBolivia20Critically Endangered
YawalapitíBrazil8Critically Endangered
IñapariPeru5Critically Endangered
MapidianBrazil, Guyana, Suriname2Critically Endangered
ParaujanoVenezuela1Critically Endangered
ResígaroColombia, Peru1Critically Endangered
Ajyíninka ApurucayaliPeru
AsháninkaBrazil, Peru
Ashéninka PajonalPeru
Ashéninka PerenéPeru
BaréBrazil, Venezuela
CabiyaríColombia
CaquintePeru
ChamicuroPeru
IgnacianoBolivia
MandahuacaBrazil, Colombia, VenezuelaDormant
PaunakaBoliviaCritically Endangered
Pichis AshéninkaPeru
SaravecaBolivia, BrazilDormant
South Ucayali AshéninkaPeru
Ucayali-Yurúa AshéninkaBrazil, Peru
Yanesha'Peru
YaviteroVenezuelaDormant

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.