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Tacana language

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Native to
  
Bolivia

Native speakers
  
1,800 (2004)

Glottolog
  
taca1256

Ethnicity
  
5,100 (2004)

ISO 639-3
  
tna

Language family
  
Tacanan Araona–Tacanan Cavinena–Tacana Tacana Proper Tacana

Tacana is a Western Tacanan language spoken by some 1,800 Tacana people in Bolivia out of an ethnic population of 5,000. They live in the forest along the Beni and Madre de Dios rivers. Numerous dialects, now extinct, have been attributed to Tacana: Ayaychuna, Babayana, Chiliuvo, Chivamona, Idiama (Ixiama), Pamaino, Pasaramona, Saparuna, Siliama, Tumupasa (Maracani, "Tupamasa"), Uchupiamona, Yabaypura, and Yubamona (Mason 1950).

References

Tacana language Wikipedia