Cubeo

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Vaupés department: Cuduyari, Querarí, and Vaupés rivers and tributaries; possibly also in Guainía department.

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Brazil

Language NameCubeo

User Population

150 in Brazil (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 380 (Crevels 2012).

Location

Amazonas state: near São Gabriel.

Alternate Names

Cobewa, Cubeu, Cuveo, Hehenawa, Kobeua, Kobewa, Kobéwa, Kubeo, Kubewa, Kubwa, Pamiwa, Pamié

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Language Use

Shifted to Portuguese [por]. Used as L2 by Tucano [tuo].