Tacanan is a family of about a dozen languages spoken mainly in Bolivia, with Ese Ejja also spoken across the border in Peru, comprising an Ese Ejja branch and an Araona-Tacana branch. Many of its languages are endangered, and a relationship to the neighboring Panoan languages has been proposed but remains uncertain. The family is noted for having among the richest systems of associated motion, grammatical marking of movement combined with another action, found in any of the world's languages, particularly in Cavinena and Ese Ejja.
Facts
RegionBolivia, with Ese’ejja also spoken in Peru 1 Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusReconstructed: Proto-Takanan phonology has been published (Girard 1971). 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bolivia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Peru, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Tacanan Languages
WikipediaLead paragraph
Tacanan is a family of languages spoken in Bolivia, with Ese’ejja also spoken in Peru.
Further reading list
Proto-Takanan Phonology
View the Source 2. Tacanan (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata number of speakers (P1098) statement (EntityId 297329): 9650Quote, Wikidata number of speakers (P1098) statement (EntityId 297329): 9650
Wikidata item Q3113762, property P1098 (number of speakers): 9650, point in time 2009-00-00 (normal rank, non-deprecated)
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