Cacán (extinct)
E611203
Cacán (extinct) was the now-lost indigenous language once spoken by the Diaguita people of northwestern Argentina and northern Chile.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.