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Tacana is a Western Tacanan language spoken by some 1800 Tacana people in Bolivia out of an ethnic population of 5000. They live in the forest along the Beni and Madre de Dios rivers. Numerous dialects now extinct have been attributed to Tacana: Ayaychuna Babayana Chiliuvo Chivamona Idiama (Ixiama) Pamaino Pasaramona Saparuna Siliama Tumupasa (Maracani Tupamasa) Uchupiamona Yabaypura and Yubamona (Mason 1950).