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Piratapuyo Indian Language (Paicoca)

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



˜Piratapuyo Language Resources –

Piratapuyo Linguistic Description * Piratapuyo Orthography * Piratapuyo Phonology:
    Scanned-in Piratapuyo language materials from the Rosetta Project.
La Lengua Piratapuya:
    Information on Piratapuyo including linguistic maps of South America. Page in Spanish.
Piratapuyo Prayers:
    Translation of the Lord's Prayer into Piratapuyo.
Language Museum: Piratapuyo * Genesis in Piratapuya:
    Translations of Bible passages into Piratapuyo.
Piratapuyo Language:
    Demographic information on Piratapuyo from the Ethnologue of Languages.

˜Piratapuyo Culture and History Links –

Los Piratapuyo:
    Information about the Piratapuyos in Spanish.



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