Macro-Paesan (also spelled Macro-Paezan ) is a proposal linking several small families and language isolates of northwest South America. Kaufman (2007) proposes the structure at the right. Paez–Barbacoan is commonly proposed, though Curnow (1998) argued that it (or at least Paez – Coconucan ) is spurious.
3-640: Kunza – Kapixana was a more provisional suggestion (Kaufman 1990, 1994, 2007; Swadesh 1959), but this connection is not widely accepted. Kunza is now generally considered to be a language isolate. Jolkesky (2015) proposes lexical evidence linking the Páez , Andaqui (Andakí), and Tinígua languages. This article related to the Indigenous languages of the Americas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This South America–related article
6-645: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kunza language Kunza (Kunza: Likanantaí ) is a mostly extinct language isolate spoken in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Peru by the Atacama people, who have since shifted to Spanish . The last speaker was documented in 1949; however, it has since been learned that the language is still spoken in the desert. Other names and spellings include Cunza , Ckunsa , Likanantaí , Lipe , Ulipe , and Atacameño . The language
9-508: Was spoken in northern Chile, specifically in the Chilean villages of Peine, Socaire (near the Salar de Atacama ), and Caspana , and in southern Peru. The last Kunza speaker was found in 1949, although some have been found since according to anthropologists. There are 2,000 Atacameños (W. Adelaar). Unattested varieties listed by Loukotka (1968): A revitalization effort was initiated in
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