Pano-Tacanan languages

Páno-Takána
Geographic
distribution:
southern Amazon
Linguistic classification: Macro-Panoan ?
  • Páno-Takána
Subdivisions:

Pano languages (dark green) and Takana languages (clear green). Circles indicate locations of modern languages.

Pano-Tacanan (also Pano-Takana, Pano-Takánan, Pano-Tacana, Páno-Takána) is a family of languages spoken in Peru, western Brazil, Bolivia and northern Paraguay. There are two branches, Panoan and Tacanan (Adelaar & Muysken 2004; Kaufman 1990, 1994), with 33 languages.

Most Panoan languages are spoken in either Peru or western Brazil; a few are in Bolivia. All Tacanan languages are spoken in Bolivia (Ese’ejja is also spoken in Peru).

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Genealogical relations

Migliazza has presented lexical evidence in support of a genetic relationship between the Panoan and Yanomaman languages. He also urges that a Panoan–Chibchan relationship is plausible.[1]

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Bibliography

Citations

  1. ^ American Indian Languages, Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, Campbell, Lyle, 2000.