Tucano language

Tucanoan language spoken in Brazil and Colombia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tucano language

Tucano, also Tukano or Tucana, endonym ye’pâ-masa yee uúku͂sehé,[3] is a Tucanoan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil and Colombia.

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Tucano
ye’pâ-masa yee uúku͂sehé
Native toBrazil, Colombia
EthnicityTucano people
Native speakers
4,600 in Brazil (2006)[1]
7,020 in Colombia (2012), including Pisamira[1]
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • North
      • Tucano
Official status
Official language in
 Brazil (São Gabriel da Cachoeira)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
tuo  Tucano
arj  Arapaso
Glottologtuca1252  Tucano
arap1275  Arapaso
ELPTukano
 Arapaso[2]
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Many Tariana people, speakers of the endangered Tariana language are switching to Tucano.

Phonology

Consonants

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Nasal sounds [m n ŋ] are variants of voiced stops /b d ɡ/ between nasal vowels. Stops may also be heard as prenasalized [ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ] after nasal vowels. /w/ can be heard as a nasal bilabial semivowel [β̞̃] in the environment of nasal vowels. Allophones of /ɾ/ can be heard as [ɾ̃], [ɺ].[4][5]

Vowels

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