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:
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.