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Kunza
Kunza, also known as Likanantai, Lipe, Ulipe, or Atacameno, is an extinct, unclassified language spoken in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Peru (specifically in Peine, Socaire (Salar de Atacama), and Caspana) by the Lickan-antay people, who have since shifted to Spanish.
The last Kunza speaker was found in 1949, although some have been found since according to anthopologists. There are 2,000 Atacamenos (W. Adelaar). A dictionary was made for Kunza.
Kaufman (1990) finds a proposed connection between Kunza and the likewise unclassified Kapixana to be plausible.
External links
Kunza @ Ethnologue
Bibliography about Kunza
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