Tuyuca | |
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Docapúaraye | |
Native to | Colombia, Brazil |
Native speakers | 1,400 (2012)[1] |
Tucanoan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tue |
Glottolog | tuyu1244 Tuyuca |
ELP | Tuyuka |
Tuyuca[2] (also Dochkafuara, Tejuca, Tuyuka, Dojkapuara, Doxká-Poárá, Doka-Poara, or Tuiuca) is an Eastern Tucanoan language (similar to Tucano). Tuyuca is spoken by the Tuyuca, an indigenous ethnic group of some 500-1000 people, who inhabit the watershed of the Papuri River, the Inambú River, and the Tiquié River, in Vaupés Department, Colombia, and Amazonas State, Brazil.