 The common suffix "dyapa, djapa" means 'tribe' or 'clan', for which the varieties are named.Fabre (2005) lists "Kanamarí, Txuhuã-djapá, Katukína do Jutaí" (Katukina proper), and "Katawixi" as four attested languages.A large number of Katukinan dialects have gone extinct.