Vilela language
Vilela (Uakambalelté, Atalalá, Chulupí~Chunupí) is an extinct language last spoken in the Resistencia area of Argentina and in the eastern Chaco near the Paraguayan border. Dialects were Ocol, Chinipi, Sinipi; only Ocol survives. The people call themselves Waqha-umbaβelte 'Waqha speakers'.
Vilela | |
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Native to | Argentina |
Extinct | 20 in 1981; extinct in 2007 |
Lule–Vilela
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | vil |
Glottolog | vile1241 |
ELP | Vilela |
The last Vilela people were absorbed into the surrounding Toba people and Spanish-speaking townsfolk.
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