Tariana (also Tariano) is an endangered Maipurean language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil by approximately 100 people. An endangered language is a language with so few surviving speakers that it is in danger of falling out of use. ... Maipurean (also Maipuran, Maipureano, Maipúre, Arawakan, Arahuacan, Maipuran Arawakan, mainstream Arawakan, Arawakan proper) is a language family of that spans from the Caribbean and Central America to every country in South America excepting Uruguay and Chile. ... Amazonas is the name of four subnational entities in various South American nations. ...

Speakers of Tariana are switching to the unrelated Tucano language (of the Tucanoan family). Tucano (also Tukana, Tucana, Tukano, Dasea, Jurutí, Jurití, Yurutí, Tariana, Tariano, Koneá, Koreá, Patsoka, Wahyara; autonym: Dahseyé) is a Tucanoan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil and Colombia by approximately 4,600 people. ...