Desano
Desana; Desano; Desâna; Dessano; Wina; Uina; Wirã; Boleka; Oregu; Kusibi; Desána; Dessana; Desana-Siriana; Kotedia; Wira
Tucanoan; Eastern Tucanoan
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About 150 in Brazil, about 300 in Colombia.
2012
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Tukano, Portuguese
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800 in Brazil (FOIRN)
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0.272789,-69.761979;0.620173,-69.749138;0.719640,-70.181896
In Brazil, 50 communities spread along tributaries of the Papurí, Tiquié, and Vaupés rivers Tiquié area (Brazil): 0.272789, -69.761979 Papurí area (Brazil/Colombia): 0.620173, -69.749138 Paca River area (Colombia): 0.719640, -70.181896
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In Brazil, 50 communities spread along tributaries of the Papurí, Tiquié, and Vaupés rivers Tiquié area (Brazil): 0.272789, -69.761979 Papurí area (Brazil/Colombia): 0.620173, -69.749138 Paca River area (Colombia): 0.719640, -70.181896
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960 in Brazil (1995 SIL). 2,460 in Colombia (2001 census). 900 Brazil, 2460 Colombia; total 3360 (2016).
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Brazil: "Northwestern Amazonas, Terra Indígena Alto Rio Negro, region along the border with Colombia, sixty communities and sites along the margins of the Tiquié river and its tributaries." Colombia: "Vaupes Department, Vaupés river tributaries, Papurí and Abiyu rivers; Papurí tributaries Pacá, Macú Parana and others; Villa Fátima village and Montfort, Piracuara, Acaricuara, and Teresita missions."
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Brazil: "Northwestern Amazonas, Terra Indígena Alto Rio Negro, region along the border with Colombia, sixty communities and sites along the margins of the Tiquié river and its tributaries." Colombia: "Vaupes Department, Vaupés river tributaries, Papurí and Abiyu rivers; Papurí tributaries Pacá, Macú Parana and others; Villa Fátima village and Montfort, Piracuara, Acaricuara, and Teresita missions."
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3,157 total speakers: 700 in Brazil, 2,457 in Colombia; There are 700 speakers out of a total ethnic population of 2204 people in Brazil and 2457 speakers in Colombia. 2,204 Brazil (2005), 2,457 Colombia (2001)
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~3,671
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2007
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Brazil, northwestern Amazonas State, Terra Indıgena Alto Rio Negro Rio Negro, region along the border with Colombia, sixty communities and sites along the margins of the Tiquie River and its tributaries; Colombia, Department of Vaupes, near to the Vaupes, Papurı, Abiyu, Macu-Panara, and Viña rivers.
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Brazil, northwestern Amazonas State, Terra Indıgena Alto Rio Negro Rio Negro, region along the border with Colombia, sixty communities and sites along the margins of the Tiquie River and its tributaries; Colombia, Department of Vaupes, near to the Vaupes, Papurı, Abiyu, Macu-Panara, and Viña rivers.
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Tucano, other Tucanoan languages, Spanish
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The Desano practice linguistic exogamy and speak Tucano as well as another Tucanoan language spoken by their mothers. Many Desano in Colombia are bilingual in Spanish.
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
- "Documentation of Desano - Eastern Tukanoan" HRELP AbstractSilva, Wilson. 2008. ""Documentation of Desano - Eastern Tukanoan" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=186.http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=186
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)
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