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- proper noun An Amerindian ethnic group of the La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela.
- proper noun The Maipurean (
Arawak ) language of the Wayuu people.
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Its species name is the language spoken by the Wayuu people who live on the Guajira Peninsula in northeastern Colombia near the mine.
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They started reaching out to the Wayuu women, helping them craft, then sell their famous handbags.
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VELASQUEZ: I mom is Wayuu Indians and we were very close to the Wayuu people
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They started reaching out to the Wayuu women, helping them craft and then sell their famous handbags.
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They recently received a grant to create a computer program that will help them preserve the Wayuu dialect, which is one of a kind.
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VELASQUEZ: My mommy is Wayuu Indian so we were very close to the Wayuu people.
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And they recently received a grant to create a computer program that will help them preserve the Wayuu dialect, which is one of a kind.
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They started reaching out to the Wayuu women, helping them craft then sell their famous handbags.
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The exquisite Wayuu hamaca from the Colombian side according to the German site, though they are the same each side of the border.
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The exquisite Wayuu hamaca from the Colombian side according to the German site, though they are the same each side of the border.
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