Native to Brazil, Colombia | Ethnicity Tucano people | |
Native speakers 4,600 in Brazil (2006)
1,500–2,000 in Colombia (no date)
including Pisamira? Language family Tucanoan
Eastern
North
Tucano ISO 639-3 Either:
tuo – Tucano
arj – Arapaso Glottolog tuca1252 (Tucano)
arap1275 (Arapaso) | ||
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.
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References
Tucano language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA