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Tacanan Languages
Tacanan is a family of languages spoken in Bolivia, with Ese’ejja also spoken in Peru. It may be related to the Panoan languages. Many of the languages are endangered. Family division *Tacanan ** Ese Ejja ( Ese’eha, Tiatinagua, Chama, Huarayo, Guacanawa, Chuncho, Eseʼexa, Tatinawa, Ese exa) **Araona–Tacana *** Araona ( Carina, Cavina) ***Cavineña–Tacana **** Cavineña ( Kavinenya) ****Tacana ***** Tacana ( Tupamasa, Takana) ***** Reyesano ( San Borjano, Maropa) ***** Toromona (?) Toromono may be extinct. Another possibly extinct Tacanan language is Mabenaro; Arasa has been classified as Tacanan, but appears to have more in common with Panoan. Loukotka (1968) Below is a full list of Tacanan language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties. * Tacana - language with many relationships with the Arawak and Pano languages, spoken on the Beni River, Tuichi River, and Tequeje River, territory of Colonia, Bolivia; now spoken by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pano–Tacanan
Pano-Tacanan (also Pano-Takana, Pano-Takánan, Pano-Tacana, Páno-Takána) is a proposed and generally accepted family of languages spoken in Peru, western Brazil, Bolivia and northern Paraguay. There are two close-knit branches, Panoan and Tacanan (Adelaar & Muysken 2004; Kaufman 1990, 1994), with 33 languages. There are lexical and grammatical similarities between the two branches, but it has not yet been demonstrated that these are genetic (Loos 1999). Most Panoan languages are spoken in either Peru or western Brazil; a few are in Bolivia. All Tacanan languages are spoken in Bolivia (Ese’ejja is also spoken in Peru). Genealogical relations Migliazza has presented lexical evidence in support of a genetic relationship between the Panoan and Yanomaman languages. He also suggests that a Panoan–Chibchan relationship is plausible. Jolkesky (2016) also notes that there are lexical similarities with the Arawakan languages Arawakan (''Arahuacan, Maipuran Arawakan, "mainstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |