Maku (Macu, Máku, Mácu, Makú, Macú) or Maco (Mako, Macó, Makó) is a pejorative term referring to several hunter-gatherer peoples of the upper Amazon, derived from an Arawakan term ma-aku "do not speak / without speech". Nimuendajú (1950) notes six peoples of Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil that are known as 'Maku'. In linguistic literature, it refers primarily to:
It has also been used for various other languages in the area, such as:
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