Arawakan , Maipuran, Northern Maipuran, Inland. Related to Carutana and Curripaco. Bible portions 1959. Colombian border in extreme southwest, Amazonas, along the upper Rio Negro from Brazil-Venezuela border to the Casiquiare Canal, Maroa. Arawakan , Maipuran, Northern Maipuran, Inland.
People are bilingual in Spanish.
Arawakan , Guahiban. Nearly all are monolingual. Bible portions 1974-1993. Arawakan , Maipuran, Northern Maipuran, Inland. An alternate name may be 'Yaverete-Tapuya'.