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.

