Pano-Tacanan languages
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Pano-Tacanan (also Pano-Takana, Pano-Takánan, Pano-Tacana, Páno-Takána) is a proposed family of languages spoken in Peru, western Brazil, Bolivia and northern Paraguay. There are two close-knit branches, Panoan and Tacanan (Adelaar & Muysken 2004; Kaufman 1990, 1994), with 33 languages. There are lexical and grammatical similarities between the two branches, but it has not yet been demonstrated that these are genetic (Loos 1999).
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Pano-Tacanan | |
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Geographic distribution | southern Amazon |
Linguistic classification | Macro-Panoan ?
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Glottolog | pano1259 |
Panoan languages (dark green) and Tacanan languages (clear green). Circles indicate locations of modern languages. |
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Most Panoan languages are spoken in either Peru or western Brazil; a few are in Bolivia. All Tacanan languages are spoken in Bolivia (Ese’ejja is also spoken in Peru).