| Vilela | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Argentina |
| Extinct | 20 in 1981; extinct in 2007[1] |
Lule–Vilela
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vil |
| Glottolog | vile1241 |
| ELP | Vilela |
Vilela (Uakambalelté, Atalalá, Chulupí~Chunupí)[2] is an extinct language last spoken in the Resistencia area of Argentina and in the eastern Chaco near the Paraguayan border. Dialects were Ocol, Chinipi, Sinipi; only Ocol survives. The people call themselves Waqha-umbaβelte 'Waqha speakers'.
The last Vilela people were absorbed into the surrounding Toba people and Spanish-speaking townsfolk.
- ^ Vilela at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Not to be confused with Niwaklé, which is also called Chulupí~Chunupí.
