Wichí Lhamtés Nocten

Wichí Lhamtés Nocten, or Weenhayek, is a Wichí language primarily spoken in Bolivia, where an estimated 1,810 Wichí people spoke it in 1994. An additional one hundred people spoke the language in Argentina in 1994. In Bolivia, the language is spoken in the north-central Tarija Department, southwest of Pilcomayo River, and in Cordillera de Pirapo. In Argentina, it is spoken in from the northern border south to Tartagal, Salta. The language is also called Mataco, Bolivian, Mataco Nocten, Nocten, Noctenes, Oktenai, and Weenhayek; the last name is used in the Bolivian constitution of 2009.^[3]

See also

• Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz
• Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay

Notes

Languages of Argentina Official languages Spanish Regional languages Guarani Mapuche Quechua Indigenous languages Abipón Ava Guarani Aymara Balomar Chané Eastern Bolivian Guaraní Guachi Iyo'wujwa Chorote Iyojwa'ja Chorote Kaiwá Mapuche Mbyá Guaraní Mocoví Nivaclé Payaguá Pilagá Puelche Southern Quechua Santiagueño Quechua South Bolivian Quechua Tehuelche Teushen Toba Qom Vilela Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay Wichí Lhamtés Nocten Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz Minority languages Belgranodeutsch Cocoliche German Argentinien-schwyzertütsch German Ligurian Lunfardo Welsh Patagonian Welsh Dialects of Spanish Cordobés Cuyo Rioplatense Vesre Sign languages Argentine Sign Language

Languages of Bolivia National language Spanish Indigenous languages Araona Aymara Baure Bésiro Canichana Cavineño Cayubaba Chácobo Chimán Chipaya Ese Ejja Guarasuawe Guaraní Guarayu Itonama Leco Kallawaya Machineri Maropa Mojeño Moré Mosetén Movima Pacawara Puquina Quechua Sirionó Tacana Tapieté Toromona Weenhayek Yaminawa Yuki Yuracaré Zamuco Sign languages Bolivian Sign Language Italics indicate extinct languages still recognized by the Bolivian constitution.