The GuayaberoLanguage is a GuahibanLanguage of Colombia. SIL code: GUO. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 1,200 (1991 Adelaar). Region: Upper Guaviare River, Meta and Guaviare states. Alternate names: JIW, CUNIMIA, MITUS, MITIA. Comments: Bilingual level estimates for Spanish are 0 33%, 1 50%, 2 15%, 3 2%, 4 0%, 5 0%. Young children and older women are monolingual in Guayabero. Others know varying degrees of Spanish. SOV. Literacy rate in first language: Few. Literacy rate in second language: 15% to 20%. Available in most villages. Savannah, tropical forest. Riverine. Hunter-gatherers, swidden agriculturalists. Traditional religion. Bible portions 1961-1995.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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