Alternate Names: Hup, Hupda, “Hupdá Makú” (pej.), “Jupdá Macú” (pej.), Jupde, “Macú de Tucano” (pej.), “Makú-Hupdá” (pej.), Ubdé
Dialects: Hupdë, Nëhup, Tuhup. Ruhlen and others classify it as Puinave, Macro-Tucanoan. Intelligible with Yahup ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,000 in Brazil (Crevels 2007). Population total all countries: 1,240. Ethnic population: 1,000 (Crevels 2007).
Language Use: Vigorous. Less than 20% of men also use Portuguese [por]. Almost all men also use Tucano [tuo] or some other Tucanoan language; some women also use some Tucano.
Language Development: Children do not attend school. Where informal schooling is available Hupdë is used as the language of instruction. Dictionary. Grammar.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Brazil
Other Comments: Subservient to the Tucano and other Tucanoan Indians. Some nomadic between Brazil and Colombia.