Yuhup

Facts

  • Language: Yuhup
  • Alternate names: Makú-Yahup, Yëhup, Yahup, Yahup Makú, “Maku”
  • Language code: yab
  • Language family: Puinavean, Hupda (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 400-550
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    South of the Hupdë (See: [[Hupdë]]). Preferred autoethnonym: Yuhupdeh.

    The term "Makú" has pejorative connotations; "Nadahup" is the preferred term for this group of languages.