Panoan and Takanan

This group collects members of the closely related Panoan and Takanan (Tacanan) families, together sometimes called Pano-Tacanan on the strength of long-recognized shared vocabulary and grammatical features, spoken across the montane and lowland forest of eastern Peru and Bolivia by peoples including the Shipibo, Cashinahua, Matsigenka-adjacent Panoan groups and the Ese Eja. Placement follows each member's own description naming it Panoan, Tacanan or Pano-Tacanan.