Tacana_language

Tacana language

Tacana language

Western Tacanan language of Bolivia

"Tacana" redirects here. For the Mesoamerican volcano, see Volcán Tacaná. For the Peruvian region, see Tacna Region.

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 in the north of La Paz Department. 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).

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    Tacana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Lazarte, Manuel L.; Van Wynen, Donald & Mabel (1962). Fonemas tacana y modelos de acentuación. Cochabamba: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.


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