TAE ISO 639-3
Tariana
A language of Brazil
- ISO 639
- tae
- Alternate Names
- Taliáseri, Tariano, Tariáno, Tarîna
- Population
- 100 in Brazil (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 1,910 (2002 ISA).
- Location:
- Amazonas state: Santa Rosa (Juquira), Iauarete, Periquitos, and Ji-Ponta on Middle Vaupés river.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund).
- Classification
- Maipurean, Northern, Upper Amazon, Eastern Nawiki
- Typology
- 23 consonants and 15 vowels, contrasting length and nasality.
- Language Use
- Periquitos has strongest language use. Older adults only. Shifted to Portuguese [por].
- Language Development
- Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Tariana
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Vaupés department: lower Papurí.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Colombia
Language Name
Tariana
User Population
No known L1 speakers in Colombia. Last known speaker in Colombia likely survived into the 1990s. Ethnic population: 210 (2018 census).
Map
Location: Amazonas state: Santa Rosa (Juquira), Iauarete, Periquitos, and Ji-Ponta on Middle Vaupés river.
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