Kunza

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A language of Chile

Alternate Names
Atacameño, Likan Antai, Likanantaí, Lipe, Ulipe
User Population

No known L1 speakers. The last speakers either died or shifted entirely to Spanish by 1978. Ethnic population: 21,000 (2002 census).

Location

Antofagasta region: El Loa province; Caspana, Peine, and Socaire (Salar de Atacama).

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Dialects

None known. Classified as Macro-Chibchan.

Typology

23 consonants and 10 vowels (5 short, 5 long).

Language Use

Shifted to Spanish [spa] (Crevels 2007).

Language Development

Dictionary.