Tucanoan
E1013201
Tucanoan is a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Amazon region of South America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tucanoan canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | many member languages are endangered ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Vaupés Department of Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
border region of Colombia and Brazil ⓘ upper Rio Negro area ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SOV basic word order in many member languages
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ extensive use of evidentiality in grammar ⓘ noun classification systems ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Barasana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Baré (Tucanoan) NERFINISHED ⓘ Cofán (often classified as Western Tucanoan by some scholars) ⓘ Cubeo NERFINISHED ⓘ Desano NERFINISHED ⓘ Karapana ⓘ Letuama NERFINISHED ⓘ Makuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Mirití-Tapuya NERFINISHED ⓘ Pech (Western Tucanoan) NERFINISHED ⓘ Piratapuyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Siriano NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanimuka NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatuyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tucano NERFINISHED ⓘ Wanano NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuruti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Eastern Tucanoan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Tucanoan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyOf |
Barasana people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cubeo people NERFINISHED ⓘ Desano people NERFINISHED ⓘ Makuna people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tucano people NERFINISHED ⓘ Wanano people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Rio Negro basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vaupés River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | other lowland South American language families (areal relationship) ⓘ |
| spokenBy | indigenous peoples of the Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Amazon region ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Amazonian linguistics ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interethnic communication in the Vaupés region
ⓘ
ritual communication ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (for languages that are written) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.