Kunza language
Kunza is an extinct language isolate once spoken in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Peru by the Atacama people, who have since shifted to Spanish. The last speaker was documented in 1949.
| Kunza | |
|---|---|
| Atacameño | |
| Likanantaí | |
| Native to | Chile, Peru, Bolivia |
| Region | Atacama Desert |
| Ethnicity | Atacama |
| Extinct | ca. 1950s |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kuz |
| Glottolog | kunz1244 |
Other names and spellings include Cunza, Likanantaí, Lipe, Ulipe, and Atacameño.
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