Tuyuca language

Tuyuca
Docapúaraye
Native toColombia, Brazil
Native speakers
1,400 (2012)[1]
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • Central
      • Bara
        • Tuyuca
Language codes
ISO 639-3tue
Glottologtuyu1244  Tuyuca
ELPTuyuka
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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.

  1. ^ Tuyuca at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ [1][dead link]