Warao is the native language of the Warao people, a language isolate spoken by about 33,000 people primarily in northern Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. It is notable for its unusual object-subject-verb word order, and the 2015 Venezuelan film Gone with the River was performed in Warao.
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1. Warao language (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata number of speakers (P1098) statement (EntityId 323681): 28100Quote, Wikidata number of speakers (P1098) statement (EntityId 323681): 28100
Wikidata item Q36946, property P1098 (number of speakers): 28100, point in time 2007-00-00 (normal rank, non-deprecated)
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