Cacán (extinct)

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Cacán (extinct) was the now-lost indigenous language once spoken by the Diaguita people of northwestern Argentina and northern Chile.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Cacán 0

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf extinct language
indigenous language
alternativeName Caca
Kakán NERFINISHED
associatedEthnicity Diaguita NERFINISHED
associatedPeople Calchaquí groups NERFINISHED
continent South America
country Argentina
Chile
culturalRegion Andes NERFINISHED
currentSpeakers 0
documentationStatus poorly attested
evidenceType colonial-era word lists
toponyms
extinctionStatus now lost
glottologStatus unclassified or unattested
ISO639-3Code none
languageFamily unclassified language family
languageStatus extinct
linguisticReconstruction highly uncertain
region Southern Cone NERFINISHED
spokenBy Diaguita people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Atacama region vicinity
northern Chile NERFINISHED
northwest Andean region of Argentina
northwestern Argentina NERFINISHED
usedInPast colonial period
pre-Columbian period
writingSystem no widely attested writing system

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Diaguita culture languageFamily Cacán (extinct)