Kunza

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Kunza
Spoken in: Atacama
Total speakers: Extinct since mid 20th Century
Language family:
 Kunza
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: kuz
ISO 639-3: kuz

Kunza is an extinct, unclassified language spoken in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Perú by the Lickan-antay people, who have since acculturated to Spanish.

Some linguists consider it a Macro-Chibchan language (Greenberg)[citation needed]; it was also known as Likanantaí, Lipe, Ulipe, or Atacameño. The last speaker was found in 1949, also some have been found since according to anthopologists. However there are none remaining today. There are 2,000 Kunzans today (W. Adelaar).[citation needed] A dictionary was made for Kunza. The language was specifically known to be spoken in Peine, Socaire (Salar de Atacama (Atacama Salt Lake)), and Caspana.

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