Allentiac language
Appearance
Allentiac | |
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Warpe | |
Native to | Argentina, dispossessed to Chile |
Ethnicity | Huarpe people |
Extinct | few Huarpean speakers left by 1630 |
Huarpean
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
qbt (Alyentiyak) | |
Glottolog | alle1238 |
Allentiac (Alyentiyak), also known as Huarpe (Warpe), was one of two known Warpean languages. It was native to Cuyo in Argentina, but was displaced to Chile in the late 16th century before being described. The people became mestizo and lost their language soon after.