Desano

Facts

  • Language: Desano
  • Alternate names: Desana, Desano, Desâna, Dessano, Wina, Uina, Wirã, Boleka, Oregu, Kusibi, Desána, Dessana, Desana-Siriana, Kotedia, Wira
  • Language code: des
  • Language family: Tucanoan, Eastern Tucanoan, Desano-Siriano (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: ~450
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Desano [des] and Siriano [sri] are not considered separate languages by several scholars. (Cf. Campbell 2012:107.)"Lexical similarity: 90% with Desano [des], but the 2 languages diverge in their use of grammatical suffixes (Crevels 2007)" (Ethnologue 2013).