ISO 639-3 · ycnycn
Upper Amazon Arawakan family
Yucuna
Yucuna is a language of the Upper Amazon Arawakan branch, spoken in Colombia. Wikidata counts about 1,800 speakers (2001).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ycn- Glottocode
yucu1253- Family
- Upper Amazon Arawakan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Yucuna |
|---|---|
| Also called | Yucuna language, Matapi, Yucuna-Matapi, Yukunais |
| All speakers | 1,800 (2001) |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Upper Amazon Arawakan to Yucuna
The branches above Yucuna, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
7Upper Amazon ArawakanfamilyycnYucunalanguage
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 Colombia
spaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalromRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangeredrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedgucWayuuTa-Arawakan · 300,0005 · DevelopingpbbPáezunclassified · 140,0006b · ThreatenedempNorthern EmberaChoco · 72,0005 · DevelopingtcaTicunaunclassified · 61,0005 · DevelopinginbIngaQuechua · 33,0006b · ThreatenedguhGuahiboGuajiboan · 23,006VulnerablegumGuambianoBarbacoan · 20,7825 · Developing