Wanano language

Not to be confused with Macu de Guanano.
Guanano
Wanano
Piratapuyo
Native toBrazil, Colombia
EthnicityWanano, Piratapuyo
Native speakers
(2,600 cited 1998–2007)[1]
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • North
      • Guanano
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
gvc – Wanano (Kótirya)
pir – Piratapuyo
Glottologwana1272
ELPWanano
 Piratapuyo[2]
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Guanano (Wanano), or Piratapuyo, is a Tucanoan language spoken in the northwest part of Amazonas in Brazil and in Vaupés in Colombia. It is spoken by two peoples, the Wanano [es] and the Piratapuyo. They do not intermarry, but their speech is 75% lexically similar.[3]

  1. ^ Wanano (Kótirya) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Piratapuyo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Piratapuyo.
  3. ^ "Piratapuyo". Ethnologue.