Yucuna language

Yucuna (Jukuna), also known as Matapi, Yucuna-Matapi, and Yukunais,[1] is an Arawakan language of Colombia.

Yucuna
Jukuna
Native toColombia
Native speakers
1,800 (2001)[1]
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3ycn
qqj (Guarú)
Glottologyucu1253  Yucuna
guar1294  Guaru
ELPYucuna

Extinct Guarú (Garú) was either a dialect or a closely related language.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Yucuna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Bibliography

  • Lemus Serrano, Magdalena. 2020. Pervasive nominalization in Yukuna, an Arawak language of Colombian Amazonia. PhD dissertation. Université Lumière Lyon 2. 1089 pp. (online presentation; read online)


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