ISO 639-3 · tuetue
Tucanoan family
Tuyuca
Docapúaraye
Tuyuca is a language of the Eastern Tucanoan branch (Tucanoan), spoken in Brazil and Colombia. Wikidata counts about 570 speakers (2009).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tue- Glottocode
tuyu1244- Family
- Tucanoan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tuyuca · Docapúaraye |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tuyuca language, Doxká-Poárá |
| All speakers | 570 (2009) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Tucanoan to Tuyuca
The branches above Tuyuca, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Brazil
porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalgrnGuaraniTupian · 4.5 mSafebzsBrazilian Sign Languageunclassified · 3 m5 · DevelopingvecVenetianIndo-European · 2 m5 · DevelopingyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedtcaTicunaunclassified · 61,0005 · DevelopingguuYanomamöYanomaman · 16,2005 · DevelopingterTerênaunclassified · 16,0007 · ShiftingwapWapishanaNorthern Maipuran · 13,0006b · Threatened