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Macuna Indian Language (Makuna)

Macuna is a Tucanoan language of South America, spoken by 1000 people in Colombia and Brazil. It is a tone language with OVS word order.



˜Macuna Language Resources –

Macuna Linguistic Description * Macuna Phonology * Macuna Grammar: * Macuna Text * Macuna Bible Translation:
    Scanned-in Macuna language materials from the Rosetta Project.
La Lengua Makuna-Erulia:
    Information on Macuna including linguistic maps of South America. Page in Spanish.
Macuna Language:
    Demographic information on Macuna from the Ethnologue of Languages.

˜Macuna Culture and History Links –

Macuna Culture:
    Article on the history and traditions of the Macuna tribe.
Los Macuna * Los indios makuna:
    Information about the Macunas in Spanish.



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