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Siriano Indian Language (Desana)

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

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Siriano Language Resources

Siriano Linguistic Description

Siriano Orthography

Siriano Phonology:
Scanned-in Siriano language materials from the Rosetta Project.

La Lengua Desana:
Information on the Desana and Siriano languages 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.

House of Languages: Siriano:
Information about Siriano language usage.

Siriano Language:
Demographic information on Siriano from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Desano-Siriano Language Tree:
Theories about Siriano's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Siriano Language Structures:
Siriano linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

Siriano Culture and History Links

The Siriano Tribe:
Online ethnography of the Sirianos of Brazil.

Siriano People:
Encyclopedia articles on the Siriano Indians.

The Fish People: Linguistic Exogamy and Tukanoan Identity in Northwest Amazonia:
Anthropology book on the social structures of the Siriano and other Tucanoan tribes. (Amazon affiliate link)

Los Siriano:
Information about the Sirianos in Spanish.

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