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Cholón

An extinct language of Peru

ISO 639-3cht

Population  Extinct.
Region  Huallaga River valley from Tingo María to Valle.
Alternate names   Seeptsa, Tinganeses
Dialects  Ruhlen says it is Andean. Adelaar says it is in the Hibito-Cholon family.
Classification  Hibito-Cholon
Language use  Extinct in 2000 (2000 Wise). Shifted to Quechua.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

WISE, Mary Ruth, author. 2009. Review of: Eighteenth-century Cholón, by Astrid Alexander-Bakkerus.  Available online