Tacana language

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).

"Tacana" redirects here. For the Mesoamerican volcano, see Volcán Tacaná. For the Peruvian region, see Tacna Region.
Tacana
Native toBolivia
RegionLa Paz Department (Bolivia)
Ethnicity5,100 (2004)[1]
Native speakers
1,800 (2004)[1]
Tacanan
  • Araona–Tacanan
    • Cavinena–Tacana
      • Tacana Proper
        • Tacana
Language codes
ISO 639-3tna
Glottologtaca1256
ELPTacana[2]

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Dental/
Alveolar		 Post-
alveolar		 Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d
Affricate t͡s t͡ʃ
Fricative voiceless s ʃ h
voiced β ð
Nasal m n
Rhotic ɾ r
Approximant w j

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e
Open a

[3]

  1. Tacana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Tacana.
  3. Lazarte, Manuel L.; Van Wynen, Donald & Mabel (1962). Fonemas tacana y modelos de acentuación. Cochabamba: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.


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