Siriano (also called "Selea" or "Sürá") are a

Tucanoan Tucanoan (also Tukanoan, Tukánoan) is a language family of Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. Language contact Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Arutani, Paez, Sape, Taruma, Witoto-Okaina, Saliba-Hod ...

people indigenous to

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and

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. Their total population is estimated at 750, with most living in Colombia. Their

exogamous Exogamy is the social norm of marrying outside one's social group. The group defines the scope and extent of exogamy, and the rules and enforcement mechanisms that ensure its continuity. One form of exogamy is dual exogamy, in which two groups ...

culture means that, glossologically, speakers are identified by the first language of their father.Ethnologue
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Siriano language Siriano is a Tucanoan language of Colombia, with a few speakers in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with o ...

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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. Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Indigenous peoples in Brazil Indigenous peoples in Colombia {{Brazil-ethno-group-stub