Tacana
[aka Takana, Tupamasa,]Classification: Pano-Tacanan
·threatened
Classification: Pano-Tacanan
·threatened
Takana, Tupamasa |
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Pano-Tacanan, Takana |
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
5058
Speaker number and ethnic population data: (Adelaar 2000).
1,820 (Adelaar 2004). Ethnic population: 5,060 (Adelaar 2004) (2013 unchanged).
Beni and Madre de Dios rivers, jungle, some in foothills
La Paz Department, Iturralde province, Tumupasa and Ixiamas cantons; some groups scattered along the banks of the Orton, Beni, and Madre de Dios rivers, San Buenaventura, Tahua, Napashe, Capaina.
Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
5,060
In 1965, there were still 3,000 to 4,000 speakers of Tacana reported. This implies a massive shift to Spanish, which is spoken by 100 per cent of the Tacana population.
Province of Iturralde (cantons of Tumupasa and Ixiamas, north of La Paz); some groups scattered along the banks of the Orton, Beni and Madre de Dios rivers.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press