Payagua language

Payaguá
Native to	Argentina, Paraguay
Ethnicity	Payaguá people
Extinct	ca. 1900^[1]
Language family	Guaicuruan? Eastern Payaguá
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Linguist list	`qho`
Glottolog	`paya1236`^[2]

Payaguá (Payawá) is an extinct language of Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivia, spoken by the Payaguá Indians. It is usually classified as one of the Guaicuruan languages, but the data is insufficient to demonstrate that.^[2]

References

↑ The Payaguá Indians, written in 1949, notes the tribe has been extinct for ~50 years.
1 2 Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Payagua". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Mataco–Guaicuru languages

Matacoan	Chorote Maká Nivaclé Wichí

Guaicuruan	Abipón Guachí Kadiweu Mocoví Payaguá Pilagá Toba

Mascoian	Angaité Enlhet Enxet Kaskihá Maskoy Sanapaná

Charruan	Balomar Chaná Charrúa Güenoa

Italics indicate extinct languages

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