Vilela language

Vilela
Native toArgentina
Extinct20 in 1981; extinct in 2007[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3vil
Glottologvile1241
ELPVilela

Vilela (Uakambalelté, Atalalá, Chulupí~Chunupí)[2] is an extinct language last spoken in the Resistencia area of Argentina and in the eastern Chaco near the Paraguayan border. Dialects were Ocol, Chinipi, Sinipi; only Ocol survives. The people call themselves Waqha-umbaβelte 'Waqha speakers'.

The last Vilela people were absorbed into the surrounding Toba people and Spanish-speaking townsfolk.

  1. ^ Vilela at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Not to be confused with Niwaklé, which is also called Chulupí~Chunupí.

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