Tucano language

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Tucano
Native to Brazil, Colombia
Ethnicity Tucano people
Native speakers 4,632  (date missing)
Language family
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.

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  • Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).