ISO 639-3 · desdes
Tucanoan family
Desano
Winá
Desano is a language of the Eastern Tucanoan branch (Tucanoan), spoken in Brazil and Colombia. Wikidata counts about 6,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Amazonian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
des- Glottocode
desa1247- Family
- Tucanoan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Desano · Winá |
|---|---|
| Also called | Desano language |
| All speakers | 6,000 |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Tucanoan to Desano
The branches above Desano, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Brazil
porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalgrnGuaraniTupian · 4.5 mSafebzsBrazilian Sign Languageunclassified · 3 m5 · DevelopingvecVenetianIndo-European · 2 m5 · DevelopingyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedtcaTicunaunclassified · 61,0005 · DevelopingguuYanomamöYanomaman · 16,2005 · DevelopingterTerênaunclassified · 16,0007 · ShiftingwapWapishanaNorthern Maipuran · 13,0006b · Threatened