Allentiac | |
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Warpe | |
Native to | Argentina, dispossessed to Chile |
Ethnicity | Huarpe people |
Extinct | few Huarpean speakers left by 1630 |
Huarpean
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
qbt (Alyentiyak) | |
Glottolog | alle1238 |
Allentiac (Alyentiyak), also known as Huarpe (Warpe), 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, a Jesuit missionary, wrote a grammar, vocabulary and religious texts.[2] The people became mestizo and lost their language soon after.