Millcayac language

Millcayac
Native toArgentina, dispossessed to Chile
EthnicityHuarpe people
Extinctfew Huarpean speakers left by 1630
Huarpean
  • Millcayac
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qgb (Milykayak)
Glottologmill1237

Millcayac (Milykayak) was one of two known Warpean languages.[1] It was native to Cuyo in Argentina, but was displaced to Chile in the late 16th century. Luis de Valdivia wrote a grammar, vocabulary and religious texts.[2] The people became Mestizo and lost their language soon after. [citation needed]

  1. ^ Tornello, Pablo José; Roig, Antruo Andres; Nora Díaz; Luis Aguirre. 2011. Introducción al Millcayac: Idioma de los Huarpes de Mendoza. Mendoza: Zeta.
  2. ^ Márquez Miranda, Fernando. 1943. Los textos Millcayac del P. Luis de Valdivia con su vocabulario español-Allentiac = Millcayac. Revista del Museo de la Plata (Nueva Série): Antropología II: 61-223.