Tucano language

Tucano
Dahseyé
Native toBrazil, Colombia
EthnicityTucano people
Native speakers
4,600 in Brazil (2006)[1]
7,020 in Colombia (2012), including Pisamira[1]
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • North
      • Tucano
Official status
Official language in
 Brazil (São Gabriel da Cachoeira)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
tuo – Tucano
arj – Arapaso
Glottologtuca1252  Tucano
arap1275  Arapaso
ELPTukano
 Arapaso[2]

Tucano, also Tukano or Tucana, endonym Dahseyé (Dasea), is a Tucanoan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil and Colombia.

Many Tariana people, speakers of the endangered Tariana language are switching to Tucano.


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