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

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Language contact

Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Arutani, Paez, Sape, Taruma, Witoto-Okaina, Saliba-Hodi, Tikuna-Yuri, Pano, Barbakoa, Bora-Muinane, and Choko language families due to contact.[1]

Classification

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Chacon (2014)

There are two dozen Tucanoan languages.[2] There is a clear binary split between Eastern Tucanoan and Western Tucanoan.[3]

  • Tucanoan
    • Western Tucanoan
      •  ?Cueretú (Kueretú)
      • Napo
        • Orejón (a.k.a. M'áíhɨ̃ki, Maijiki, Coto, Koto, Payoguaje, Payaguá, Payowahe, Payawá)
        • Correguaje–Secoya
          • Correguaje (Koreguaje, Korewahe, a.k.a. Caquetá)
          • Siona–Secoya (Upper Napo, BaicocaSiecoca)
            •  ?Macaguaje (a.k.a. Kakawahe, Piohé)
            • Siona (Bai Coca, Sioni, Pioje, Pioche-Sioni, Tetete)
            • Secoya (Sieko Coca, Airo Pai, Piohé)
            •  ?Tama
    • Eastern Tucanoan
      • South
      • West
        • Barasana–Macuna
          • Macuna (a.k.a. Buhagana, Wahana, Makuna-Erulia, Makuna)
          • Barasana (Southern Barasano, a.k.a. Paneroa, Eduria, Edulia, Comematsa, Janera, Taibano, Taiwaeno, Taiwano)
        • Cubeo–Desano
      • East
        • Central
        • North
          • Kotiria–Piratapuyo
            • Guanano (Wanana, Wanano, a.k.a. Kotedia, Kotiria, Wanana-Pirá)
            • Piratapuyo (a.k.a. Waikina, Uiquina)
          • Pisamira–Yuruti

Plus unclassified Miriti.

Most languages are, or were, spoken in Colombia.

Jolkesky (2016)

Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):[1]

( = extinct)

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Varieties

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Below is a full list of Tucanoan language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties.[4]

Tucanoan language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968)
Western group
  • Tama - spoken on the Yarú River and Caguán River, Caquetá territory, Colombia, but now perhaps extinct.
  • Coreguaje - spoken at the sources of the Caquetá River, department of Cauca, Colombia.
  • Amaguaje / Encabellado / Rumo - extinct language once spoken on the Aguarico River, department of Loreto, Peru.
  • Siona / Zeona / Ceño / Kokakañú - language spoken at the sources of the Putumayo River and Caquetá River, Putumayo territory, Colombia.
  • Ificuene - spoken between the Güepi River and Aguarico River, Loreto. (Unattested.)
  • Eno - language spoken by a few individuals at the mouth of the San Miguel River, Caquetá territory, Colombia. (Unattested.)
  • Secoya - language spoken on the Putumayo River, Oriente province, Ecuador. (Johnson and Peeke 1962.)
  • Icaguate - extinct language once spoken on the Caucaya River and Putumayo River, Putumayo territory, Colombia.
  • Macaguaje - spoken in the same territory on the Mecaya River and Caucaya River and around Puerto Restrepo, by a few families.
  • Tetete / Eteteguaje - extinct language once spoken at the sources of the Güepi River, Loreto. (Unattested.)
  • Pioje / Angotero / Ancutere - spoken on the Napo River, Tarapoto River, and Aguarico River, Loreto.
  • Cóto / Payoguaje - spoken at the mouth of the Napo River, Loreto, Peru.
Yahuna group
  • Yahuna / Jaúna - spoken on the Apoporis River, territory of Amazonas, Colombia.
  • Tanimuca / Opaina - spoken by a small tribe on the Popeyaca River and Guacayá River, Amazonas, Colombia.
  • Dätuana - spoken north of the preceding tribe on the Apoporis River.
  • Menimehe - spoken by a very little known tribe at the mouth of the Mirití-paraná River and Caquetá River. (Unattested.)
Yupua group
  • Yupua / Hiupiá - spoken on the Coca River, a tributary of the Apoporis River, Colombia.
  • Kushiita - once spoken at the mouth of the Apoporis River, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Now perhaps extinct. (Unattested.)
  • Durina / Sokó - spoken on the Carapato River, Amazonas territory, Colombia.
Coretu group
  • Coretu / Kueretú - spoken on the Mirití-paraná River, state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Cubeo group
  • Cubeo / Kobéua / Kaniwa / Hahanana - spoken on the Caiarí River and Cuduiarí River, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Dialects are:
    • Dyuremáwa / Yiboia-tapuya - spoken on the Querarí River, Amazonas.
    • Bahukíwa / Bahuna - spoken by a tribe that originally spoke a language of the Arawak stock, on the Cuduiarí River.
    • Hehénawa - spoken on the Cuduiarí River.
    • Hölöua - spoken on the Cuduiarí River, now perhaps extinct. (Unattested.)
Särä group
  • Särä - spoken between the Tiquié River and Piraparaná River, Vaupés territory, Colombia.
  • Ömöa - spoken at the sources of the Tiquié River, Colombia.
  • Buhágana / Karawatana - spoken on the Piraparaná River, Colombia.
  • Macuna - spoken at the mouth of the Apoporis River, Colombia.
Erulia group
  • Erulia / Paboa / Eduria - spoken on the Piraparaná River, Colombia.
  • Tsaloa - spoken on the Piraparaná River.
  • Palänoa - spoken on the middle course of the Piraparaná River.
Desána group
  • Desána / Wína / Vina - spoken between the Tiquié River and Caiarí River, partly in Colombia and partly in Brazil.
  • Chiránga / Siriána - spoken on the Paca-igarapé River, Colombia.
Tucano group
  • Tucano / Tocano / Dace / Dagseje / Dajseá / Tocana - language of a large tribe that lived on the Vaupés and Tiquié River; state of Amazonas, Brazil.
  • Uaíana - on the Caiary River, Colombia.
  • Tuyuca / Doxcapura - spoken on the Tiquié River and Papury River, partly in Brazil, partly in Colombia.
  • Arapaso / Koréa - extinct language once spoken on the Yapú River, Amazonas, Brazil. The last survivors now speak only Tucano. (Unattested.)
  • Waikína / Uiquina / Uaíkana / Pira-tapuya - spoken on the Papury River, Colombia.
  • Uantya / Puçá-tapuya - once spoken on the Macú-igarapé River, Colombia.
  • Bará / Pocanga - spoken at the sources of the Tiquié River, Colombia.
  • Uasöna / Pisa-tapuya - spoken on the Caiary River, Colombia.
  • Tsölá / Teiuana - spoken on the Tiquié River and Piraparaná River, Colombia.
  • Urubú-tapuyo - extinct language once spoken at the sources of the Caiary River, Colombia.
  • Pamöá / Tatú-tapuyo - spoken at the sources of the Papury River and on the Tuyigarapé, Colombia.
  • Patsoca / Iuruty-tapuyo - once spoken on the Abio River and Apoporis River, Colombia.
  • Möxdöá / Carapana-tapuya - spoken between the Papury River and Caiary River, Colombia.
  • Uanána / Wanána / Kotédia - spoken on the Caiarí River near the Cachoeira dos Araras, Brazil.
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Vocabulary

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Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[4]

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Proto-language

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Proto-Tukanoan reconstructions by Chacon (2013):[5]

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