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TUO ISO 639-3

Tucano

Dasea ye Autonym

A language of Brazil

ISO 639
tuo
Alternate Names
Dahseyé, Dasea, Daxsea, Takuna, Tukano, Tukána, Ye’pãmasa
Autonym
Dasea ye
Population
4,600 in Brazil (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 6,240 (Crevels 2012). Total users in all countries: 11,620.
Location:
Amazonas state. Wasona users primarily in Yacayacá village.
Language Status
5* (Developing).
Classification
Tucanoan, Eastern Tucanoan, Tucano
Dialects
Yohoraa (Curaua), Wasona (Uasona), Pisamira, Papiwa, Papihua, Pisatapuyo, Pisa-tapuyo.
Typology
SOV; 11 consonants and 6 vowels.
Language Use
Many also use Portuguese [por]. Also use Cubeo [cub]. Used as L2 by Arapaso [arj], Desano [des], Hupdë [jup], Koripako [kpc], Miriti [mmv], Nhengatu [yrl], Piratapuyo [pir], Pokangá [pok], Siriano [sri], Tuyuca [tue], Waimaha [bao], Yuhup [yab].
Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1988–2015.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tucano
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Tucano
User Population
7,020 in Colombia (Crevels 2012). 25 Pisamira and 7,000 Tucano (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 4,400 (2018 census). 4,075 Tucano, 196 Pisamira, and 127 Betoye (2018 census).
Location
Vaupés department: upper Papurí river and tributaries.
Dialects
Pisamira (Pápiwa).
Language Status
3 (Wider communication)
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Location: Amazonas state. Wasona users primarily in Yacayacá village.