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Siriano Indian Language (Desana)

Siriano is a Tucanoan language of South America, spoken by 400 people in Colombia and Brazil. It is a tone language with SOV word order.



˜Siriano Language Resources –

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

˜Siriano Culture and History Links –

Siriano People:
    Encyclopedia articles on the Siriano Indians.
Los Siriano:
    Information about the Sirianos in Spanish.



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