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Tacana Indian Language

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



˜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.
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.
Tacana Language:
    Demographic information on Tacana from the Ethnologue of Languages.
Diccionario Tacana-Castellano:
    Tacana-Spanish dictionary for sale.

˜Tacana Culture and History Links –

Tacana Culture:
    Article on the history and traditions of the Tacana tribe.
Los Tacana:
    Information about the Tacanas in Spanish.



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