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Name:
Yukpa
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Motilon; Yucpa-Yaprería; Motilón; Yukpa-Japrería; Yuko; Carib Motilón; Northern Motilón; Yupa; Yuco; Yucpa
Spoken in:
Venezuela, Colombia
Number of speakers:
1,500 in Colombia (2000 Moreno). Population total all countries: 7,630. Ethnic population: 3,530 (Arango and Sánchez 1998)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
3000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
3000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
yup
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Cariban
Parent Subgroup:
Yukpa; Coastal Carib (ccar)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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