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Kunza

An extinct language of Chile

ISO 639-3kuz

Population  No known speakers. A few were located in 1949 and since by anthropologists. Ethnic population: 2,000 (2000 W. Adelaar).
Region  Peine, Socaire (Salar de Atacama), and Caspana.
Alternate names   AtacameƱo, LikanantaĆ­, Lipe, Ulipe
Dialects  Greenberg places it in Macro-Chibchan.
Classification  Unclassified
Language use  Shifted to Spanish.
Language development  Dictionary.