Tacana language
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The Tacana language is an indigenous Tacanan language spoken by the Tacana people of northern Bolivia, particularly in the Amazonian lowlands.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South American indigenous language
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Tacanan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Cavineña language
ⓘ
Ese Ejja language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Bolivia ⓘ |
| endangeredStatusReason |
declining intergenerational transmission
ⓘ
dominance of Spanish in education and media ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tacana people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Tacanan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologName | Tacana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | Cavineña-Tacana continuum (disputed) ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | taca1250 ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts |
bilingual education initiatives in Bolivia
ⓘ
community-based literacy programs ⓘ |
| hasPhonologyFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | tna ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tacanan ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Pano–Tacanan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Takanan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tʼacana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Bolivian government as an indigenous language ⓘ |
| region |
Beni Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Paz Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Amazon basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amazonian lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Bolivia ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subjectTo | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Tacana communities along the Beni River
ⓘ
Tacana communities along the Madre de Dios River ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local trade and daily communication
ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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