Warao language
Warao (also known as Guarauno, Guarao, Warrau) is the native language of the Warao people. A language isolate, it is spoken by about 33,000 people primarily in northern Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. It is notable for its unusual object–subject–verb word order. The 2015 Venezuelan film Gone with the River was spoken in Warao.
| Warao | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname |
| Ethnicity | Warao |
Native speakers | 32,800 (2005–2011) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wba |
| Glottolog | wara1303 |
| ELP | Warao |
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