Muchik
E592983
Muchik is an extinct indigenous language once spoken by the Mochica people along Peru’s northern coast.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American language
ⓘ
Peruvian language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Mochica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yunca NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedArchaeologicalCulture |
Lambayeque culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moche culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalStatus | pre-Columbian and colonial-era language ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| culturalImportance | key to understanding Mochica civilization ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | North Coast of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Fernando de la Carrera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
17th-century grammars
ⓘ
Arte de la lengua yunga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Mochica people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
rich derivational morphology ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticAlignment | nominative–accusative (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrast between simple and geminate consonants ⓘ |
| hasType | pre-Columbian language ⓘ |
| influencedToponymyOf | Peru’s northern coast ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no ISO 639-3 code (retired or not assigned) ⓘ |
| languageContactWith |
Quechua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mochica language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | language isolate or small family ⓘ |
| lexicalBorrowingInto | Peruvian Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
colonial dictionaries
ⓘ
missionary grammars ⓘ |
| region |
La Leche Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lambayeque Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Moche Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
Andean linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | no known fluent native speakers ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mochica people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Peru
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern coast of Peru ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| timeDepthOfDocumentation | colonial period ⓘ |
| usedIn | colonial-era documents ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
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