Tucano language

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Tucano
Dahseyé
Native to Brazil, Colombia
Ethnicity Tucano people
Native speakers
 6–7,000  (2006–2008)[1]
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • North
      • Tucano
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
tuo – Tucano
arj – Arapaso

Tucano (also Tukana, Tucana, Tukano, Dasea, Tariana, Tariano, Koneá, Koreá, Patsoka, Wahyara; autonym: Dahseyé) is a Tucanoan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil and Colombia.

Many speakers of the endangered Tariana language are switching to Tucano.

See also

Tucano language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator

References

  1. ↑ Tucano reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Arapaso reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

Spanish

Bibliography

  • Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.


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