Vilela language

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Vilela
Native to Argentina
Extinct 20 by 1981;[1] gone by 2011[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 vil
Glottolog vile1241[3]

Vilela (Uakambalelté, Atalalá, Chulupí~Chunupí)[4] 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'.

The last Vilela people were absorbed into the surrounding Toba people and Spanish-speaking townsfolk.

Phonology

Vilela appears to have the five vowels of Spanish and approximately the following consonants:

m n
b d ɡ
p t k ʔ
tʃʼ
f s ʃ x
ɬ
w l j
r

Notes

  1. Vilela language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. Vilela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  4. Not to be confused with Niwaklé, which is also called Chulupí~Chunupí.

References

  • 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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