The largest population centers of the Uaupés River are the city of Mitu, capitol of the Colombian Department of the Vaupés, and Iauareté, which is the seat of a district of the municipality of São Gabriel. Along its course, the Uaupés receives the waters from other large rivers such as the Tiquié, the Papuri, the Querari and the Cuduiari. Presently, the name Uaupés is more used in Brazil, since in Colombia, it is Vaupés that is more used), but it is also known as the Caiari. Rice (1910) counted 30 large rapids and 60 smaller ones.Īfter the Rio Branco, the Uaupés River is the largest tributary of the Rio Negro. From there up to its headwaters, it is located in Colombian territory and runs over 845 kilometers. Between the mouth of the Papury and the mouth of the Querari, the Uaupés River serves as a border between Brazil and Colombia for more than 188 kilometers.
From its mouth on the Rio Negro to its confluence with the Papuri River, the Uaupés is located in Brazilian territory and runs over about 342 kilometers. The Uaupés River runs about 1,375 kilometers in length. This is the case of the Kotiria and Kubeo on the Upper Uaupés, above Iauareté the Pira-tapuya on the Mid-Papuri the Tuyuka and Bará on the Upper Tiquié and the Desana in communities located on the Tiquié, Papuri and their tributaries. The other languages of this family are spoken by smaller populations which predominate in more restricted regions. The languages classified as Western Tukanoan, on the other hand, are spoken by peoples who inhabit the border region between Colombia and Equador, such as the Siona and Secoya.Ĭonsidering the significant number of people from the Uaupés basin who are residing on the Rio Negro and in the cities of São Gabriel and Santa Isabel, it is estimated that around 20 thousand people speak Tukano. The Tukano language is also widely used by the Maku, since they need it for their relations with the Tukano Indians. In some contexts, Tukano has come to be more used than the local languages themselves. Thus, Tukano has come to be used as a sort of trade language, allowing for communication among peoples with quite different paternal languages and, in many cases, which are mutually incomprehensible. It is used not only by the Tukano, but also by other groups of the Brazilian Uaupés and on its tributaries, the Tiquié and Papuri. The Eastern Tukanoan language family includes at least 16 languages, among which is Tukano proper which has the largest number of speakers. For further informations read the special entry about the region LanguageĬrianças tuyuka.
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