Kunza language

Kunza language
Kunza
Atacameño
Spoken in Atacama
Ethnicity Atacama
Extinct ca. 1950s
Language family
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kuz

Kunza aka Cunza, also known as Likanantaí, Lipe, Ulipe, or Atacameño, is an extinct, unclassified language spoken in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Perú (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.[clarification needed] There are 2,000 Atacameños (W. Adelaar).[citation needed] A dictionary was made for Kunza.

Kaufman (1990) found a proposed connection between Kunza and the likewise unclassified Kapixaná to be plausible; however, when that language was more fully described in 2004, it turned out to be an isolate.

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