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Tacana Indian Language

Tacana is a Tacanan language of South America.
Tacana is spoken by 1,500 people in Bolivia. Word order is primarily SOV.

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Tacana Language Resources

Tacana Words:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Tacana language, with comparison to words in other Pano-Tacanan languages.

Tacana Animal Words:
Illustrated glossary of animal words in the Tacana language.

Indigenous languages of Bolivia:
Map showing where in Bolivia the Tacana language is spoken.

Tacana Orthography

Tacana Phonology

Tacana Vocabulary

Tacana Grammar

Tacana Text:
Tacana Bible Translation:
Scanned-in Tacana language materials from the Rosetta Project. (Most are in Spanish.)

La Lengua Takana:
Information on Tacana including a linguistic map of Bolivia. Page in Spanish.

Tacana Prayers:
Tacana translation of the Lord's Prayer.

Language Museum: Tacana:
Translations of Bible passages into Tacana.

UDHR: Tacana:
Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into Tacana.

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

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

Tacana Language Tree:
Theories about Tacana's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Tacana Language Structures:
Tacana linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

Diccionario Tacana-Castellano:
Tacana-Spanish dictionary for sale. (Amazon affiliate link)

Tacana Culture:
Article on the history and traditions of the Tacana tribe.

Los Tacana:
Information about the Tacanas in Spanish.