Ticuna

Duüxügu

Ticuna is a language, spoken in Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Wikidata counts about 61,000 speakers (2021). Wikidata describes it as “Ticuna–Yuri language spoken in Amazon Basin”.

5 · Developing 61,000

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: tca
Glottocode: ticu1245
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 5 Developing
UNESCO: Definitely endangered
Wikipedia: 18 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

3countries

—scripts

—levels in the tree

5EGIDS level

Facts

Name	Ticuna · Duüxügu
Also called	Ticuna language, Tikuna
All speakers	61,000 (2021)

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level

UNESCO: Definitely endangered

Languages at this level

where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Ticuna is spoken — Map: Breogan2008 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Brazil207 languages in the index Colombia81 languages in the index Peru89 languages in the index

Also spoken in Brazil

porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · National grnGuaraniTupian · 4.5 mSafe bzsBrazilian Sign Languageunclassified · 3 m5 · Developing vecVenetianIndo-European · 2 m5 · Developing yidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangered rmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · Threatened guuYanomamöYanomaman · 16,2005 · Developing terTerênaunclassified · 16,0007 · Shifting wapWapishanaNorthern Maipuran · 13,0006b · Threatened carCaribCariban · 10,0006b · Threatened