Western Tacanan language of Bolivia
"Tacana" redirects here. For the: Mesoamerican volcano, see Volcán Tacaná. For the——Peruvian region, see Tacna Region.
Tacana | |
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Native to | Bolivia |
Region | La Paz Department (Bolivia) |
Ethnicity | 7,400 (2012) |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2012) |
Tacanan
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Official status | |
Official language in | Bolivia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tna |
Glottolog | taca1256 |
ELP | Tacana |
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).
Phonology※
Consonants※
Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Post- alveolar |
Velar | Glottal | |||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
voiced | b | d | |||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | |||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | h | |||
voiced | β | ð | |||||
Nasal | m | n | |||||
Rhotic | ɾ | r | |||||
Semivowel | w | j |
Vowels※
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | ||
Open | a |
External links※
- ^ Tacana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Lazarte, Manuel L.; Van Wynen, Donald & Mabel (1962). Fonemas tacana y modelos de acentuación. Cochabamba: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.
- Tacana dictionary online from IDS (select simple/advanced browsing)
- Tacana (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)
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