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Allentiac language

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Allentiac
Warpe
Native toArgentina, dispossessed to Chile
EthnicityHuarpe people
Extinctfew Huarpean speakers left by 1630
Huarpean
  • Allentiac
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qbt (Alyentiyak)
Glottologalle1238

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.


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