Desano

[aka Desana, Desano, Desâna]

Classification: Tucanoan

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endangered

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Desana, Desano, Desâna, Dessano, Wina, Uina, Wirã, Boleka, Oregu, Kusibi, Desána, Dessana, Desana-Siriana, Kotedia, Wira

Tucanoan, Eastern Tucanoan

ISO 639-3

des

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Desano [des] and Siriano [sri] are not considered separate languages by several scholars. (Cf. Campbell 2012:107.)
"Lexical similarity: 90% with Desano [des], but the 2 languages diverge in their use of grammatical suffixes (Crevels 2007)" (Ethnologue 2013).

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