Back Tacana Catalan زمانی تاکانا CKB Tacana French タカナ語 Japanese Такански јазик Macedonian Tacana (taal) Dutch Takana NN Takana (språk) NB Lenga tacana PMS Takana simi Quechua
| Tacana | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Bolivia |
| Region | La Paz Department (Bolivia) |
| Ethnicity | 7,400 (2012)[1] |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2012)[1] |
Tacanan
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| Official status | |
Official language in |  Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tna |
| Glottolog | taca1256 |
| ELP | Tacana |
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).
- ^ a b Tacana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
