Tuyuca language
Tuyuca (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.
| Tuyuca | |
|---|---|
| Docapúaraye | |
| Native to | Colombia, Brazil |
Native speakers | 1,400 (2012) |
Tucanoan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tue |
| Glottolog | tuyu1244 Tuyuca |
| ELP | Tuyuka |
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