As of 2005[update], it appears that a few speakers may have migrated across the Peruvian-Colombian border near the town of Leticia.

A third of the population is monolingual, and Yagua is the language of instruction in local primary schools.

The exonym is spelled Yagua, Yawa, Yahua, Llagua, Yava, Yegua.

These young women are primarily addressed in Yagua, but respond in a simplified Spanish.

Most Yagua sentences begin with the verb, followed by the subject and object in that order (VSO).

Different numbers are used for inanimate objects/counting and animate objects (see measure word).