Yuhup

YAB

developing

Alternate Names: “Maku” (pej.), Makú-Yahup, Yahup, Yahup Makú, Yëhup

Dialects: None known. Limited intelligibility of Hupdë ,. Ruhlen and others classify it as related to Puinave ,.

Genealogy:

Puinavean
Hupda

Demographics: 400 in Brazil (Moore 2006). Population total all countries: 500.

Language Use: All ages. Almost 50% of the men also use Portuguese [por]. Men also use Tucano [tuo].

Language Development: Schooling in Portuguese [por] is desired but some teaching is done in Yuhup.

Typology: OSV.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Brazil

Other Comments: South of the Hupdë ,. Preferred autoethnonym: Yuhupdeh.