Kunza
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| Kunza | ||
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| Spoken in: | Atacama | |
| Total speakers: | Extinct since mid 20th Century | |
| Language family: | Kunza |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | kuz | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | kuz | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Kunza was an unclassified language spoken in the Atacama desert of northern Chile and southern Perú by the Lickan-antay people, who have since switched to Spanish. Some consider it a Macro-Chibchan language (Greenberg); it was also known as Likanantaí, Lipe, Ulipe, or Atacameño. The last speaker was found in 1949 and some have been found since according to anthopologists, however there are none remaining today. There are 2,000 Kunzans today (W. Adelaar). A dictionary was made for Kunza. The langauge was specifically known to be spoken in Peine, Socaire (Salar de Atacama (Atacama Salt Lake)), and Caspana.
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