Tucano language

Tucano
ye’pâ-masa yee uúku͂sehé
Native toBrazil, Colombia
EthnicityTucano people
Native speakers
4,600 in Brazil (2006)
7,020 in Colombia (2012), including Pisamira
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • North
      • Tucano
Official status
Official language in
 Brazil (São Gabriel da Cachoeira)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
tuo – Tucano
arj – Arapaso
Glottologtuca1252  Tucano
arap1275  Arapaso
ELPTukano
 Arapaso

Tucano, also Tukano or Tucana, endonym ye’pâ-masa yee uúku͂sehé, is a Tucanoan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil and Colombia.

Many Tariana people, speakers of the endangered Tariana language are switching to Tucano.

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