Nukak language

Nukak
Guaviare
Pronunciation[nɨkák náuʔ]
Native toColombia
RegionDepartment of Guaviare, Amazon Basin
EthnicityNukak
Native speakers
700 of Nukak proper (2010)
400 monolinguals (no date)
Puinave-Maku?
  • Northwestern Puinave-Maku ?
Dialects
  • Wayari
  • Meu
  • Taka
  • Mi'pa
Official status
Official language in
Colombia
Regulated byInstituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia
Language codes
ISO 639-3mbr
Glottologkaku1242
ELPNukak

The Nukak language (Nukak Makú: Guaviare) is a language of uncertain classification, perhaps part of the macrofamily Puinave-Maku. It is very closely related to Kakwa.