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Cubeo (Cuveo) is the language spoken by the Cubeo people in the Vaupés department Cuduyari and Querarí rivers and tributaries in Colombia and in Brazil and Venezuela. It is a member of the central branch of the Tucanoan language family. Cubeo has borrowed a number of words from the Nadahup languages and its grammar has apparently been influenced by Arawak languages. The language has been variously described as having an SOV or an OVS word order the latter quite rare.