Wichí language

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The Wichí language is an indigenous Matacoan language of the Gran Chaco region, spoken primarily by the Wichí people in northern Argentina and neighboring areas.

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Label Occurrences
Wichí language canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American language
Matacoan language
indigenous language
natural language
alternativeName Mataco NERFINISHED
Mataco-Wichí NERFINISHED
Wichí Lhamtés NERFINISHED
Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay NERFINISHED
Wichí Lhamtés Nocten NERFINISHED
Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz NERFINISHED
continent South America
countryOfficialRecognition Argentina NERFINISHED
endangered true
ethnicGroup Wichí people NERFINISHED
family Matacoan languages NERFINISHED
hasDialect Wichí Güisnay NERFINISHED
Wichí Nocten NERFINISHED
Wichí Vejoz NERFINISHED
hasFeature complex pronominal system
complex verbal morphology
derivational morphology for valency change
evidentiality distinctions
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural
noun incorporation
numeral classifiers
postpositions
rich aspect system
hasGlottocode wich1262
hasGlottologName Wichi NERFINISHED
hasISO639-3Code wic
languageFamily Mataco–Guaicuru (proposed macro-family) NERFINISHED
languageStatus vulnerable
morphologicalType agglutinative
polysynthetic
region Chaco Province NERFINISHED
Formosa Province NERFINISHED
Salta Province NERFINISHED
northern Argentina
spokenIn Argentina NERFINISHED
Bolivia NERFINISHED
Gran Chaco region NERFINISHED
subfamily Wichí–Vilela NERFINISHED
usedFor bilingual education in some schools
community radio broadcasting
oral tradition
traditional ceremonies
wordOrder verb–subject–object
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chaco Province languageSpoken Wichí language