Vilela
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A language of Argentina
User Population
No known L1 speakers. 20 speakers were reported in 1981. 2 semi-speakers remain (Crevels 2007). These semi-speakers are a brother and sister. They were 74 and 70 in 2008 (Harrison et al 2008).
Location
Chaco province: Resistencia; near Paraguay border.
Language Status
10 (Extinct).
Typology
25 consonants and 5 vowels.
Language Use
Remaining speakers apparently assimilated with the Toba [tob]. Losing their Indian identity in the barrios of towns and cities (1981 A. Buckwalter).
Language Development
Dictionary.