Endangered Languages Project - Tukano

Tukano

^{[aka Tucano, Tukána, Tukana]}

Classification: Tucanoan

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tucano, Tukána, Tukana, Takuna, Daxsea, Dasea, Ye'pâ-masa,
CLASSIFICATION		Tucanoan, Eastern Tucanoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tuo
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Papihua Papiwa Pisamira Pisatapuyo Pisa-tapuyo Wasona (Uasona) Yohoraa (Curaua)
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Tukano is a widely-spoken lingua franca in the region. It is difficult to get an accurate count of speakers; sources vary considerably for this, and it is difficult to get figures for the speakers in Colombia. Confusion seems to come from the fact that many use Tukano as a second language, and some counts lump all speakers of all Tukanoan languages together under the label "Tukano". Socioambiental (2014) has population numbers: 6241 (Dsei/Foirn, 2005) in Brazil, 6,330 (1988) in Colombia (and 11 (INE, 2001) in Venezuela), but seems to be including ALL Tukanoan languages in that – Crevels' (2012) numbers may be complicated by this. In Colombia, the "Informe preliminar: auto-diagnostico sociolingüístico de la lengua tucano" (2009, done for the Ministry of Culture) identified 1,460 speakers of Tukano from an ethnic population of about 2104.

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
13,996
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
13,237
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
7,000 speakers and an ethnic population of 6,241 people in Brazil [sic]; 6,996 speakers (and ethnic population) in Colombia.

DATE OF INFO: 2001 for Colombia

PLACES: Brazil and Colombia

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,630
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
2,630 in Brazil (1986 SIL). 46 Wasona speakers, 16 of them intermarried with other groups (González de Pérez 2000).

4,600 in Brazil (Moore 2006). Population total all countries: 6,600 (2013).

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Tukano is used as an L2 by Curripaco [kpc], Desano [des], Hupdë [jup], Nhengatu [yrl], Piratapuyo [pir], Pokangá [pok], Siriano [sri], Tuyuca [tue], and Yuhup [yab].

PLACES: Brazil; Colombia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Brazil: Amazonas. Wasonas primarily in Yacayacá village. Colombia: Upper Papurí River and tributaries.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,025
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,631
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number: 1,500-2,000 in Colombia.

Ethnic population: Approximately 11,444 in Colombia and Brazil.

Welch and West (2000) mention the fact that there are many more speakers of Tucano than the number of 1,500–2,000 that they give for the ethnic group, since it is used as a lingua franca in the Paca and Papurı rivers region.

PLACES: Brazil and Colombia

1460 (in Colombia only)
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2104
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
1,460 speak well, 158 understand and speak little, 195 understand and don't speak.

DATE OF INFO: 1997

PLACES: Colombia

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6600
Native speakers worldwide

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Also used by as a second language by Cubeo [cub], Curripaco [kpc], Desano [des], Hupdë [jup], Nheengatu [yrl], Piratapuyo [pir], Pokangá [pok], Siriano [sri], Tuyuca [tue], and Yuhup [yab].

PLACES: Brazil, Colombia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: In Brazil: Amazonas state.
In Colombia: Vaupés department: upper Papurí river and tributaries.

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press