Playero

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Arauca department: Venezuela border, Arauca river banks from Arauca to Gaviotas Island.

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Venezuela

Language NamePlayero

User Population

200 in Venezuela (Crevels 2007). Ethnic population: 200 (Crevels 2007).

Location

Apure state: western zone, to north of Arauca river and Colombian Pepojivi settlements.

Alternate Names

Guahibo Playero, Pepojivi

Language Status

6b (Threatened). Recognized language (2008, Indigenous Languages Law, Article 4).

Language Use

Some young people, all adults.