Tacana is a Western
Tacanan language spoken by some 1,800 Tacana people in
Bolivia out of an ethnic population of 5,000. 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).