Yucuna (Jukuna), also known as Matapi, Yucuna-Matapi, and Yukunais,
is an
Arawakan language
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spoken in several communities along the
Mirití-Paraná River
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Government and military
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in
Colombia
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. Extinct Guarú (Garú) was either a dialect or a closely related language.
Phonology
The Yucuna phoneme inventory consists of 22 consonants and 16 vowels.
The language
Notes and references
Notes
Bibliography
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External links
* Resources by ethnographer Laurent Fontaine:
*
Audio recordings in the Yucuna language in open access
(source: '' Pangloss Collection'' of CNRS
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).
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The Yucuna Indians*
(in Yucuna and French)
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* Resources by linguist Magdalena Lemus Serrano:
*
Documentation of Yucuna(source: '' Endangered Languages Archive'').
Languages of Colombia
Arawakan languages
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