Vilela language
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| Vilela | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Argentina |
| Native speakers | (20 cited 1981)[1] |
| Language family |
Lule–Vilela
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vil |
Vilela (Uakambalelté, Atalalá, Chulupí~Chunupí)[2] is a nearly extinct language which is only 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'.
The remaining Vilela people are being absorbed into the surrounding Toba people and Spanish-speaking townsfolk.
Phonology [edit]
Vilela appears to have the five vowels of Spanish and approximately the following consonants:
| m | n | |||
| b | d | dʒ | ɡ | |
| p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
| pʼ | tʼ | tʃʼ | kʼ | |
| f | s | ʃ | x | |
| ɬ | ||||
| w | l | j | ||
| r |
Notes [edit]
- ^ Vilela at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ Not to be confused with Niwaklé, which is also called Chulupí~Chunupí.
References [edit]
- Lozano, Elena (1970). Textos Vilelas. La Plata: CEILP.
- Lozano, Elena (1977). Cuentos secretos vilelas: I. La mujer tigre. VICUS Cuadernos. Lingüística, Vol.I: 93-116.
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