The
Carabayo (Caraballo) language is spoken by the
Carabayo people, also known as
Yuri and
Aroje, an
uncontacted Amazonian people of
Colombia living in at least three
long houses, one of several suspected uncontacted peoples living along the Rio Puré (now the Río Puré National Park) in the southeastern corner of the country. They are known as the
Aroje to the
Bora people.
Maku and
Macusa are pejorative
Arawak terms applied to many local languages, not anything specific to Carabayo. The name "Carabayo" is taken from a mock name, "
Bernardo Caraballo", given to a Carabayo man during his captivity in the Capuchin mission at
La Pedrera in 1969. It has been reported that their self-designation is
Yacumo.