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 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 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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Living languages
Ayacucho Quechua · Central Aymara · Chilean Quechua · Chilean Sign Language · Huilliche · Mapudungun · Quechua · Rapa Nui · Spanish
Extinct and endangered langauges
Kawésqar/Alacaluf · Kunza · Ona/Selknam · Tehuelche · Yaghan
Language families
Aymaran · Chon · Malayo-Polynesian · Quechuan · Romance
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