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Name:
Tucano
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Tukána; Takuna; Daxsea; Tukana; Dasea; Tukano
Spoken in:
Brazil, Colombia
Number of speakers:
2,630 in Brazil (1986 SIL). 46 Wasona speakers, 16 of them intermarried with other groups (González de Pérez 2000). Population total all countries: 4,630
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
7025
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
4631
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
tuo
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Tucanoan (Tukánoan)
Parent Subgroup:
Eastern Tukanoan; East Tucanoan Subfamily; Eastern Tucanoan (etuc)
Child Dialects:
Yohoraa; Yohoröa; Curaua (tuo-yoh)
Wasona; Uasöna; Uasona (tuo-was)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Tucano
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