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Tuyuca

A language of Colombia

ISO 639-3: tue

Population	350 in Colombia (1995 SIL). Population total all countries: 810.
Region	Inambu, Tiquie, and Papurí rivers. Also in Brazil.
Language map	Southern Colombia, reference number 14
Alternate names	Dochkafuara, Tejuca, Tuyuka
Classification	Tucanoan, Eastern Tucanoan, Central, Bara
Language use	All also use Tucano [tuo], Waimaha [bao], or Spanish. Spanish used in schools.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2004.
Writing system	Latin script.

Also spoken in:

Brazil

Language name	Tuyuca
Population	460 in Brazil (1995).
Region	Amazonas.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 17
Alternate names	Dochkafuara, Doka-Poara, Doxká-Poárá, Tuiuca, Tuyuka
Dialects	Tsola.
Language use	Also use Tucano [tuo] or Waimaha [bao].

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BARNES, Janet, author. 1975. Notes on Tuyuca discourse, paragraph and sentence.  

BARNES, Janet, author. 1976. "Sicata tiisʉguero (La creación); Wai siãera (La pesca): Textos del tuyuca."  

BARNES, Janet, author. 1979. "Los imperativos en tuyuca."  

BARNES, Janet, author. 1984. "Evidentials in the Tuyuca verb."

BARNES, Janet, author. 1990. "Classifiers in Tuyuca."

BARNES, Janet, author. 1994. "Tuyuca."

BARNES, Janet, author. 1996. "Autosegments with three-way lexical contrasts in Tuyuca."

BARNES, Janet, author; GALEANO L., Luis G., translator. 1977. "Relaciones entre las proposiciones en la lengua tuyuca."  

BARNES, Janet, compiler. 1993. Cuando no habia agua y otros leyendas indígenas.  

BARNES, Janet; LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., authors. 1978. "El relato de las conversaciones dentro de la narrativa tuyuca."  

BARNES, Janet; MALONE, Terry, authors. 2000. "El tuyuca."

BARNES, Janet; SILZER, Sheryl, authors. 1976. "Fonología del tuyuca."  

GAWTHORNE, Linda A., editor. 1976. Estudios tucanos 4.  

HEINZE, Carol, editor. 1977. Estudios tucanos 2.  

KARN, Gloria J., author. 1976. Tuyuca plot structure: a pilot study.

KARN, Gloria J., author. 1979. Estructura de la trama en tuyuca.  

MALONE, Terry, author. 1988. "The origin and development of Tuyuca evidentials."

MOUNTAIN, Kathy, author. 1978. "Lista de palabras Swadesh y Rowe."  

Vernacular Publications

¿Deero jĩigari cũʉ?. 1974.

Bʉtoá queti. 1991.

Docapuaraye. 1974.

Erapo queti apeye queti. 1992.

Ñamacuáru queti apeyé queti. 1992.

Siete dʉpopa cʉorigʉye queti apeye queti. 1993.

Tuga quete apeye queti (Los esposos Tugá y otros cuentos en tuyuca). 1993.

Wai cʉ̃ã suurigue macãñe apeye queti. 1993.

Wai siãera. 1976.

Wai. 1991.

Waicʉra. 1973.