Tucanoan languages

Tucanoan (also Tukanoan, Tukánoan) is a language family of Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.

Family division

There are two dozen Tucanoan languages:

• Western Tucanoan
  • Correguaje (AKA Coreguaje, Caquetá, Korewahe, Koreguaje)
  • ?Tama (†)
  • Napo
    • Orejón (AKA Coto, Payoguaje, Payaguá, Koto, Payowahe, Payawá, M`áíhɨ̃ki)
    • Siona–Secoya (Upper Napo)
      • ?Macaguaje (AKA Kakawahe, Piohé) (†)
      • Siona (Siona, Sioni, Pioje, Pioche-Sioni, Tetete)
      • Secoya (Piohé, Secoya, Siona-Secoya)
• Central Tucanoan
  • Cubeo (AKA Cuveo, Kobeua, Kubewa)
  • Tanimuca (AKA Retuarã)
• Eastern Tucanoan
  • South
    • Macuna (AKA Buhagana, Wahana, Makuna-Erulia, Makuna)
    • Barasana (AKA Paneroa, Eduria, Edulia, Comematsa, Janera, Taibano, Taiwaeno, Taiwano)
  • Central
    • ?Yupuá-Duriña (†)
    • Desano–Siriano (AKA Desano)
    • Bara: Waimajã–Yurutí–Tuyuka (AKA Pocanga, Pakang, Tejuca, Teyuka, Tuyuca, Bara)
    • Tatuyo–Carapano (AKA Carapana, Karapana)
  • North
    • Tucano (AKA Tukana, Dasea)
    • Guanano (AKA Wanana, Wanano, Kotedia, Kotiria, Wanana-Pirá)
    • Piratapuyo (AKA Waikina, Uiquina)
• ?Miriti (†)
• ?Cueretú (AKA Kueretú) (†)
• ?Yauna (AKA Jaúna, Yahuna, Yaúna) (†)

Most languages are, or were, spoken in Colombia.

Bibliography

• Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
• Kaufman, Terrence. (1990). Language history in South America: What we know and how to know more. In D. L. Payne (Ed.), Amazonian linguistics: Studies in lowland South American languages (pp. 13–67). Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-70414-3.
• Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (pp. 46–76). London: Routledge.

External links

• Proel: Familia Tucanoana