Tukánoan | |
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Geographic distribution: |
Amazon |
Linguistic classification: | One of the world's primary language families |
Subdivisions: | |
Glottolog: | tuca1253 |
East Tukano (nuclear green), Central Tukano (turquoise green) and West Tukano (dark green). Spots indicates actual locations of the different languages. The shadowed area intendes extension before the 20th century.
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Tucanoan (also Tukanoan, Tukánoan) is a language family of Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.
There are two dozen Tucanoan languages:
Most languages are, or were, spoken in Colombia.