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The HupdeLanguage is a MakuLanguage of Brazil. SIL code: JUP. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 1,208 in Brazil (1995 SIL). Population total both countries 1,350. Region: Rio Auari, northwestern Amazonas. Also spoken in Colombia. Alternate names: 'HUPDA MAKU', 'JUPDA MACU', 'MAKU-HUPDA', 'MACU DE TUCANO', UBDE. Dialects: HUPDE, TUHUP, NEHUP. Comments: Ruhlen and others classify it as Puinave, Macro-Tucanoan. Intelligibility among Yahup, Tuhup, and Nehup needs investigation. Possibly 50% are bilingual in Tucano or some other Tucanoan language. They are subservient to the Tucano and other Tucanoan Indians. The name 'Macu' is offensive. Some are nomadic between Brazil and Colombia. Tropical forest. Also spoken in: Colombia. (Language name: HUPDE.) Population: 150 in Colombia (1991 SIL). Alternate names: UBDE, 'HUPDA MAKU', 'JUPDA MACU', 'MACU DE TUCANO', 'MAKU-HUPDA'. Comments: A related but separate language from Yahup. Tuhup and Nehup may be related dialects, and may be extinct. Possibly half the speakers use Tucano or another Tucano language as second language. Subservient to the Tucano and other Tucanoan Indians. The name 'Macu' is offensive. Some are nomadic between Colombia and Brazil. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Nehup, Yuhup, Tuhup. Tropical forest.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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