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Tuyuca (also Dochkafuara Tejuca Tuyuka Dojkapuara Doxká-Poárá Doka-Poara or Tuiuca) is an Eastern Tucanoan language (similar to Tucano) spoken by the Tuyuca people. The Tuyuca are an indigenous ethnic group of some 500-1000 people who inhabit the watershed of the Papuri Inambú and Tiquié rivers in the Colombian department of Vaupés and the Brazilian state of Amazonas.