The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: TAE
ISO 639-2: sai
| Population | 100 (1996 A. Aikhenvald) speakers out of an ethnic group of 1,500 in Brazil (1985 Rodrigues). Population total both countries 100. |
| Region | Middle Vaupés River, Santa Rosa (Juquira), Iauarete, Periquitos, and Ji-Ponta, Amazonas. Also spoken in Colombia. |
| Alternate names | TARÎNA, TALIÁSERI |
| Classification | Arawakan, Maipuran, Northern Maipuran, Inland. |
| Comments | All are elderly in Brazil. No one has been located who speaks Tariano in Colombia, but the tribal identity is still maintained. The first language is Tucano or Nhengatu. Nearly extinct. |
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