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Desano Indian Language
Desano is a Tucanoan language of South America.
Desano is spoken by around 3000 people in Colombia and Brazil.
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Lord's Prayer in Desano:
Translations of Christian prayers into the Desano language.
Language Museum: Desano:
Translation of a Bible passage into Desano.
House of Languages: Desano:
Information about Desano language usage.
Ethnologue: Desano:
Demographic information about the Desano language.
Desano-Siriano Language Tree:
Theories about Desano's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.
Desano Language Structures:
Desano linguistic profile and academic bibliography.
Books for sale on the Desanos
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The Fish People: Linguistic Exogamy and Tukanoan Identity in Northwest Amazonia:
Anthropology book on the social structures of the Desano and other Tucanoan tribes.
The Desana Tribe:
Online ethnography of the Desanas of Brazil.
Links, References, and Additional Information
Lengua Desana:
Overview of the Desano language in Spanish.
Grupo Indigena Desano:
Information about the Desanos in Spanish.
Wikipedia: Tucanoan:
Encyclopedia articles about the Tucanoan languages, including Desano.
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