Tucano language
| Tucano | |
|---|---|
| Dahseyé | |
| Native to | Brazil, Colombia |
| Ethnicity | Tucano people |
Native speakers | 4,600 in Brazil (2006)[1] 1,500–2,000 in Colombia (no date)[2] including Pisamira? |
Tucanoan
| |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Brazil (São Gabriel da Cachoeira) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:tuo – Tucanoarj – Arapaso |
| Glottolog | tuca1252 Tucanoarap1275 Arapaso |
| ELP | Tukano |
Tucano, also Tukano or Tucana, endonym Dahseyé (Dasea), is a Tucanoan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil and Colombia.
Many Tariana people, speakers of the endangered Tariana language are switching to Tucano.
Sounds
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | plain | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | ɨ ɨː | u uː |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Low | a aː |
See also
References
- ^ Tucano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Arapaso at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Tucano at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).
- ^ Aikhenvald, 1996.
Spanish
Bibliography
- Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
External links
- Tucanoan Languages Collection of Janet Chernela, housed at AILLA, containing audio recordings, transcriptions, translations and field notes from the 1970s and 1980s.
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