Alternate Names: Chiranga, Cirnga, Si-Ra, Sura Masa
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 90% with Desano ,, but the 2 languages diverge in their use of grammatical suffixes (Crevels 2007).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 200 in Colombia (Civallero 2008). Population total all countries: 217. Ethnic population: 750 (2001 Guía Etnográfica de Colombia).
Language Use: All also use Spanish [spa] and at least one other Tucanoan language.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 1998–2009.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Colombia
Other Comments: Ethnic differences are important due to the system of exogamy, and persons are identified by L1 of father. Traditional religion, Christian.