Tucanoan languages

E365192
indigenous languages of the Americas language family

The Tucanoan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in the northwestern Amazon Basin of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, known for complex evidentiality systems and extensive multilingualism among their speakers.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tucanoan languages canonical 5
Eastern Tucanoan languages 2
Tukanoan languages 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
language family ⓘ
arealFeature linguistic exogamy among speaker groups ⓘ
stable long-term multilingualism ⓘ
endangermentStatus many member languages are endangered ⓘ
geographicDistribution Negro River basin ⓘ
surface form: Rio Negro region

Vaupés River basin ⓘ
surface form: Vaupés River region
hasBranch Tucanoan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Tucanoan languages

Tucanoan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Tucanoan languages
hasMemberLanguage Angosturas Tunebo (if classified Tucanoan by some sources) ⓘ
Barasana ⓘ
Baré (Tucanoan) ⓘ
Coreguaje ⓘ
Cubeo ⓘ
Desano ⓘ
Karapana ⓘ
Kubeo ⓘ
Makuna ⓘ
Orejon (Orejón) ⓘ
Piratapuyo ⓘ
Pisamira ⓘ
Secoya ⓘ
Siona ⓘ
Siriano ⓘ
Tatuyo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Embraer EMB 312 Tucano ⓘ
surface form: Tucano

Tuyuca ⓘ
Wanano ⓘ
Yuruti ⓘ
hasNotableFeature complex evidentiality systems ⓘ
extensive multilingualism among speakers ⓘ
hasNotableResearchTopic evidentiality and epistemic marking ⓘ
multilingualism and language contact in the Vaupés area ⓘ
hasWritingSystemStatus primarily oral tradition with limited written use ⓘ
languageContactWith Arawakan languages ⓘ
Cariban languages ⓘ
Nadahup (Makú) languages ⓘ
spokenBy Tucanoan peoples ⓘ
spokenIn Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
spokenInRegion northwestern Amazon Basin ⓘ
studiedInField Amazonian linguistics ⓘ
typological linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf South American language family ⓘ
typologicalFeature SOV basic word order (in many member languages) ⓘ
obligatory evidential marking (in many member languages) ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
usedFor intergroup trade and communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual discourse ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chocoan languages → neighboringLanguageFamily → Tucanoan languages ⓘ
Tariana language → hasBorrowingFrom → Tucanoan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tucano language
Indigenous peoples of Ecuador → languageFamily → Tucanoan languages ⓘ
southern Colombia → hasLanguageFamily → Tucanoan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Colombia
Mitú → hasIndigenousLanguages → Tucanoan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tukanoan languages
Cubeo people → subfamily → Tucanoan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Tucanoan languages
Siona people → languageFamily → Tucanoan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Siona language
Siona people → subFamily → Tucanoan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Siona language
this entity surface form: Western Tucanoan languages
Apaporis River → languageRegion → Tucanoan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tukanoan languages
Tucanoan languages → hasBranch → Tucanoan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Tucanoan languages
Tucanoan languages → hasBranch → Tucanoan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Tucanoan languages
Secoya people → languageFamily → Tucanoan languages ⓘ