Yukpa language

Yukpa (Yuco, Yucpa, Yuko, Yupa) is a Cariban language, spoken by 7,000–8,000 people in Zulia State in Venezuela and across the border in Colombia. It's also known as Carib Motilón, Macoíta, Northern Motilón, Manso.

Yukpa
Native toVenezuela, Colombia
EthnicityYukpa people
Native speakers
6,000 (2007–2009)[1]
Cariban
  • (unclassified)
    • Yupka languages
      • Yukpa
Language codes
ISO 639-3yup
Glottologyukp1241
ELPYukpa[2]

Río Casacará (Iroka) and Río Maracas are the main dialects, and different enough to maybe be considered separate languages. Also Caño Padilla–La Laguna. The Venezuelan dialects, Yrapa and Río Negro, are closer to Río Maracas than to Río Casacará.

Similarity to Japrería, the other Yupka language, is slight.

References
  1. Yukpa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Yukpa.
  • "First Observations on the Yukpa Language" (PDF) (in Spanish). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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