Yurí (Jurí) is, or was, a language previously spoken near a stretch of the

Caquetá River Caquetá may refer to: * Caquetá River, a river in Colombia * Caquetá Territory, a former territory of Colombia * Caquetá Department Caquetá Department () is a department of Colombia. Located in the Amazonas region, Caquetá borders wit ...

in the Brazilian Amazon, extending slightly into Colombia. It was spoken on the Puré River of Colombia, and the

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and Japurá River of Brazil. A small amount of data was collected on two occasions in the 19th century, in 1853 and 1867.

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(1994:62, after Nimuendajú 1977:62) notes that there is good lexical evidence to support a link with

Ticuna The Ticuna (also Magüta, Tucuna, Tikuna, or Tukuna) are an indigenous people of Brazil (36,000'')'', Colombia (6,000), and Peru (7,000). They are the most numerous tribe in the Brazilian Amazon. History The Ticuna were originally a tribe that ...

in a Ticuna–Yurí language family, though the data has never been explicitly compared (Hammarström 2010). It is commonly assumed that the Yuri people and language survive among the uncontacted people or peoples of the

Rio Puré Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...

region, now the

Río Puré National Park Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...

. Indeed, "Yuri" is often used as a synonym for the only named people in the area, the Carabayo. A list of words collected in 1969 from the Carabayo, only recovered in 2013, suggests the language is close to Yuri, though perhaps not a direct descendant.

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items. :

References

* *Harald Hammarström, 2010, 'The status of the least documented language families in the world'. In ''Language Documentation & Conservation'', v 4, p 18

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