Tariana

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
tae
Alternate Names
Taliáseri, Tariano, Tariáno, Tarîna
User Population

100 in Brazil (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 1,910 (2002 ISA).

Location

Amazonas state: Santa Rosa (Juquira), Iauarete, Periquitos, and Ji-Ponta on Middle Vaupés river.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Maipurean, Northern, Upper Amazon, Eastern Nawiki
Typology

23 consonants and 15 vowels, contrasting length and nasality.

Language Use

Periquitos has strongest language use. Older adults only. Shifted to Portuguese [por].

Language Development

Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tariana
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

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