Tacana language

"Tacana" redirects here. For the Mesoamerican volcano, see Volcán Tacaná. For the Peruvian region, see Tacna Region.

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).

Tacana
Native to	Bolivia
Region	La Paz Department (Bolivia)
Ethnicity	7,400 (2012)[1]
Native speakers	1,200 (2012)[1]
Language family	Tacanan Araona–Tacanan Cavinena–Tacana Tacana Proper Tacana
Official status
Official language in	Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tna
Glottolog	taca1256
ELP	Tacana

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar		Post- alveolar	Velar	Glottal
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
Close	i		u
Mid	e
Open		a

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