Tariana

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

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Colombia

Language NameTariana

User Population

No known L1 speakers in Colombia. Last known speaker in Colombia likely survived into the 1990s. Ethnic population: 210 (2018 census).

Location

Vaupés department: lower Papurí.

Alternate Names

Tariano, Tariána

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Language Use

Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.