Guanano

GVC

threatened

Alternate Names: Anana, Kótedia, Kótirya, Uanana, Wanâna, Wanano

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Piratapuyo ,, but the two groups do not intermarry.

Genealogy:

Tucanoan
Eastern Tucanoan

Demographics: 450 in Brazil (Moore 2006). Population total all countries: 750.

Language Use: Language stronger in Colombia than in Brazil. Some men speak Portuguese [por]; women use Guanano with children.

Language Development: Dictionary. NT: 1982–2008.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Brazil

Other Comments: The Guanano move back and forth across the border with Colombia.