▁language ▁of ▁the ▁Ye ' ku ana ▁people ▁of ▁Venezuela ▁and ▁Brazil . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁Car ib an ▁language . ▁It ▁is ▁spoken ▁by ▁approximately ▁ 5 , 9 0 0 ▁people ▁( c . ▁ 2 0 0 1 ) ▁around ▁the ▁border ▁of ▁north western ▁Brazil ian ▁state ▁of ▁R ora ima ▁and ▁Venezuela ▁– ▁the ▁majority ▁( about ▁ 5 , 5 0 0 ) ▁in ▁Venezuela . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁Venez uel an ▁census , ▁there ▁were ▁at ▁ 6 , 5 2 3 ▁Ye ’ ku ana ▁living ▁in ▁Venezuela . ▁Given ▁the ▁une qual ▁distribution ▁of ▁the ▁Ye ’ ku ana ▁across ▁two ▁South ▁American ▁countries , ▁Eth n olog ue ▁lists ▁two ▁different ▁vital ity ▁ratings ▁for ▁Ye ’ ku ana : ▁in ▁Venezuela ▁it ▁is ▁listed ▁as ▁V ig orous ▁( 6 a ), ▁while ▁in ▁Brazil ▁it ▁is ▁class ified ▁Mor ib und ▁( 8 a ) ▁on ▁the ▁Gr aded ▁Inter gener ational ▁Dis ruption ▁Sc ale ▁( G ID S ). ▁ ▁History ▁In ▁Brazil , ▁the ▁Ye ’ ku ana ▁are ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁settled ▁on ▁the ▁lands ▁they ▁now ▁occup y ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁century ▁ago , ▁coming ▁from ▁the ▁larger ▁population ▁cent res ▁in ▁Venezuela . ▁Trad itional ▁myth ology ▁and ▁or al ▁history , ▁however , ▁tells ▁that ▁the ▁lands ▁around ▁the ▁Au ari ▁and ▁Ur ar ico era ▁rivers ▁have ▁long ▁been ▁travel led ▁by ▁the ▁Ye ’ ku