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Description[edit | edit source]
Spanish - only spoken by most in the country. Also known as Castilian. [1] [2]
The Spanish Constitution recognizes other languages as official for indigenous peoples.
- Wayuu - also known as Guajiro. The most spoken indigenous language.
- Warao - also known as Guarauno, Guarao, Warrau.
- Pemon - also known as Pemón.
- All languages spoken by the indigenous people of Venezuela
Languages spoken by immigrants include
- English - most widely spoken foreign language. Spoken by professionals, academics, upper and middle class
- Chinese
- Portuguese - spoken by the population living close to the Brazil border.
- Italian
- Arabic
- German
- Languages spoken by immigrants in Venezuela
Word List(s)[edit | edit source]
- Useful Spanish phrases - Omniglot
- Wayuu Vocabulary - Polyglot
- Common Phrases and Words Used in Wayuunaiki - Asawaa
- Vocabulary in Native American Languages: Warao Words - Native-Languages
- Chinese Genealogical Word List
- Portuguese Genealogical Word List
- Italian Genealogical Word List
- Arabic Genealogical Word List
- German Genealogical Word List
- Spanish Genealogical Word List
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Alphabet
- Spanish alphabet - Omniglot
- Warao numbers - Omniglot
- Pemon alphabet - Omniglot
Pronunciation
- Spanish Pronunciation - Omniglot
- Wayuu pronunciation - Omniglot
- Pemon pronunciation - Omniglot
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Dictionaries
- Gooch, Anthony and Angel García de Paredes. Cassell's Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary. Macmillan, London, New York: Cassell, 1978. Available at: WorldCat.
- Jarman, Beatriz Galimberti, Roy Russell, Carol Styles Carvajal, and Nicholas Rollin. The Oxford Spanish dictionary : Spanish-English, English-Spanish. New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 2008. Available at: WorldCat.
Online Dictionaries
- Dictionary English - Spanish - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Wayuu - Glosbe
- Dictionary Warao - English - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - Pemon - Glosbe
Language Aids
- García, Teresa Alvarez and Susie Beattie. Collins Spanish dictionary & grammar. Glasgow, Scotland: Collins, 2018. Available at: WorldCat.
- Wayuu Language - Wikipedia
- Warao language - Wikipedia
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
- Orozco, Sebastián de Covarrubias. Treasure of the Castilian or Spanish language. New York: New Directions Books, 2019. Available at: WorldCat.
- Straka, Tomás, Guillermo Guzmán Mirabal, and Alejandro E. Cáceres. Historical dictionary of Venezuela. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. Available at: WorldCat.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Venezuela," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela#:~:text=most%20residents%20are%20monolingual, accessed 15 May 2023.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Venezuela," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Venezuela, accessed 15 May 2023.