Siriano
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Siriano are a Tucanoan
Tucanoan languages
Tucanoan is a language family of Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.-Family division:There are two dozen Tucanoan languages:*Western Tucanoan**Correguaje **Tama **Macaguaje ...

 people indigenous to Colombia and Brazil. Their total population is estimated at 347 with most living in Colombia. Their culturally exogamous
Exogamy
Exogamy is a social arrangement where marriage is allowed only outside of a social group. The social groups define the scope and extent of exogamy, and the rules and enforcement mechanisms that ensure its continuity. In social studies, exogamy is viewed as a combination of two related aspects:...

 system means that glossologically, speakers are identified by the first language of their father.

Print References

  • Ibáñez Fonseca, Rodrigo (1972) Los Siriano. Bogotá: University of the Andes.
  • Nagler, Christine, and Beverly Brandrup (1979) "Fonología del Siriano"; Sistemas fonológicos de idiomas colombianos IV: 101-126. ILV. Lomalinda: Editorial Townsend.
  • Ojeda, Elvira; Sussy Orozco, and Ruth Monterroso (1984) "Los Sirianos"; Ellis de Walter, Leah B. and Linda Criswell (eds.) Estudiemos las culturas indígenas de Colombia: 170-171. ILV. Lomalinda: Editorial Townsend.
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