Tacana language

Tacana
Native toBolivia
RegionLa Paz Department (Bolivia)
Ethnicity7,400 (2012)[1]
Native speakers
1,200 (2012)[1]
Tacanan
  • Araona–Tacanan
    • Cavinena–Tacana
      • Tacana Proper
        • Tacana
Official status
Official language in
 Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3tna
Glottologtaca1256
ELPTacana

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).

  1. ^ a b Tacana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon