Callawalla
A language of Bolivia
| Population | 10 or 20 speakers (1995 SIL). |
| Region | Highlands and high valleys, east Andes north of La Paz, Charazani area north of Lake Titicaca. |
| Alternate names | Callahuaya |
| Dialects | Seems to have Quechua affixes and syntactic patterns, but distinctive roots from a dialect of the extinct Puquina language. |
| Classification | Mixed language, Quechua-Puquina |
| Language use | A special language used by herb doctors of Inca emperors; they continue as herb doctors. Probably extinct. Adult men only. |
| Comments | Second language only. |
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