Wayuu

The Wayuu language is a native American language spoken in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela. It is a member of the Chibchan family of languages. Wayuu is one of the few remaining native languages in South America that is still spoken by a significant number of people. There are an estimated Wayuu speakers. The Wayuu language has a complex verbal morphology. Verbs can be inflected for a variety of different tenses and moods. There are also a number of different particles that can be added to verbs to change their meaning. Wayuu also has a unique system of cliticization, where certain words can be attached to the beginning or end of verbs to change their meaning. The Wayuu language is written using a Latin-based alphabet. However, there is no standard way of writing Wayuu, and different writers may use different orthographies.