Tucano, also Tukano or Tucana, endonym ye’pâ-masa yee uúku͂sehé,[3] is a Tucanoan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil and Colombia.
Many Tariana people, speakers of the endangered Tariana language are switching to Tucano.
Nasal sounds [m n ŋ] are variants of voiced stops /b d ɡ/ between nasal vowels.
Stops may also be heard as prenasalized [ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ] after nasal vowels.
Allophones of /ɾ/ can be heard as [ɾ̃], [ɺ].