Pumé language
| Pumé | |
|---|---|
| Yaruro | |
| pũmɛ̃́ mãɛ̃́ | |
| Native to | Venezuela |
| Region | Apure |
| Ethnicity | Pumé people |
Native speakers | (7,900 cited 2001 census) |
Esmeralda–Yaruro ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yae |
| Glottolog | pume1238 |
| ELP | Yaruro |
Pumé | |
The Pumé language (also called Yuapín or Yaruro, also spelled Llaruro or Yaruru) is an indigenous language spoken by the Pumé people, along the Orinoco, Cinaruco, Meta, and Apure rivers of Venezuela. It is not well classified; it may be an isolate, or distantly related to the extinct Esmeralda language.