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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Argentina > Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay

Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay

A language of Argentina

ISO 639-3mzh

Population  15,000 (1999).
Region  North, Pilcomayo River area.
Language map  Argentina and Chile, reference number 7
Alternate names   Güisnay, “Mataco” , “Mataco Güisnay” , “Mataco Pilcomayo”
Classification  Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
Language development  Grammar.
Comments  Call themselves ‘Wichí’; the language, ‘Wichí Lhamtés’. Traditional religion.