The extinct Urequena language (also ''Urekena'' or ''Arequena'') is language variety that is closely related to Andoque. It is known only from an unpublished word list by Austrian naturalist

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that was probably recorded in June or July 1831.

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The table below adapted from Jolkesky (2016) shows similarities between Urequena and Andoque.Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016.
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University of Brasília The University of Brasília ( pt, Universidade de Brasília, UnB) is a federal public university in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. It was founded in 1960 and has since consistently been named among the top five Brazilian universities and the ...

. The Urequena (Uerequena, Arequena, Orelhudos) data is from an undated 19-century manuscript by Austrian naturalist

.The Ethnographic Collection of Johann Natterer
Natterer gives the

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(or

Putumayo River The Putumayo River or Içá River ( es, Río Putumayo, pt, Rio Içá) is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, southwest of and parallel to the Japurá River. Course The Putumayo River forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well ...

) as the location of the language.Johann Natterer and the Amazonian languages
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{{authority control Andoque–Urequena languages Indigenous languages of the South American Northwest

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