Wayuu (Wayuunaiki)  Wayuu belongs to the Maipurean (Arawak)
language family and is spoken by about 305,000 people in
northwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia on the Guajira
Peninsula. The language is also known as Wayunaiki, Guajiro,
Guajira or Goajiro.  Wayuu is taught to some extent in schools,
along with Spanish, however fewer than 1% of Wayuu speakers can
read and write their language, while 5-15% are literate in
Spanish.  Wayuu pronunciation  Wayuu pronunciation  Sample texts
in Wayuu  Naa wayuukana jemeishi süpüla taashi süma wanawa
sülu'u nakua'ipa, aka müin yaa epijainjana sünain anajiranawaa
a'in nama napüshi.   (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights)  Tower of Babel in Wayuu   Information about Wayuu
Other languages written with the Latin alphabet  Arawakan
languages  Baniwa, Garifuna, Tariana, Wayuu  Hosted by Kualo