Also Known As:
Yucpa-Yaprería, Japrería, Macoíta, Yuco, Yucpa, Yuko, Yupa
Dialects & Varieties
- Coyaima
- Río Casacará (Iroka)
- Río Maracas
- Yukpa sur (Caño Padilla-La Laguna).
- At least 5 extant dialects including 2 in Venezuela.
- The Río Cascará and Río Maracas dialects are probably largest and may be separate languages.
- Venezuela dialects seem more similar to Río Maracas. (Ethnologue 2016.)
South America
Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>4,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
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Location and Context
Countries
Venezuela
Location Description
Zulia State, Cesar region, northern part of the Sierra de Perija, on the border with Colombia, approximately between the rivers Palmar in the north and Tucuco in the south
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