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Tatuyo

A language of Colombia

ISO 639-3tav

Population  400 (2007 SIL).
Region  Vaupés region, Pira-Paraná headwaters and Upper Papurí.
Language map  Southern Colombia, reference number 4
Alternate names   Pamoa, Oa, Tatutapuyo, Juna, Sina, Sura
Classification  Tucanoan, Eastern Tucanoan, Central, Tatuyo
Language use  All use at least one other Tucanoan language.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. NT: 1987.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Majority marry Carapana, Northern Barasano, or Barasana women. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BOSTROM, Paula Kaye, author. 1998. Nominalizations and relative clauses in Tatuyo: a prototype approach.

GAWTHORNE, Linda A., editor. 1976. Estudios tucanos 4.  Available online

LONGACRE, Robert E.; WOODS, Frances M., editors. 1977. Discourse grammar: Studies in indigenous languages of Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, 3.  Available online

MOUNTAIN, Kathy, author. 1978. "Lista de palabras Swadesh y Rowe."  Available online

WHISLER, David, author. 1976. "Pino (Boa: Texto del tatuyo)."  Available online

WHISLER, David, author. 1977. "Some aspects of Tatuyo discourse."  Available online

WHISLER, David; WHISLER, Janice, authors. 1976. "Fonología del tatuyo."  Available online

WHISLER, David; WHISLER, Janice, authors. 1979. "Tatuyo."  Available online

Vernacular Publications

¡Riaye ã!. 1974.

Abecedario Tatuyo ye. 1996.

Buerique. 1978.

Buerique. 1984.

Diore basarique. 1997.