Tucano language

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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]
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • North
      • Tucano
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
tuo – Tucano
arj – Arapaso
Glottolog tuca1252  (Tucano)[3]
arap1275  (Arapaso)[4]
pisa1245  (Pisamira)[5]

Tucano (Tukano, Tucana, Tucana; autonym: Dahseyé (Dasea)) is a Tucanoan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil and Colombia.

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

See also

References

  1. Tucano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Arapaso at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Tucano at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).
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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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