Leco language

Leco
Leko, Rik’a
Native toBolivia
RegionLa Paz Department (Bolivia): east of Lake Titicaca
Ethnicity2,800 Leco (2001)[1]
Native speakers
20 (2001)[1]
Official status
Official language in
 Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3lec
Glottologleco1242
ELPLeco

Leco, also written as Leko, is a language isolate that, though long reported to be extinct, is spoken by 20–40 individuals in areas east of Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. The Leco ethnic population was 13,527 in 2012.[4]

  1. ^ a b Leco at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "The Puquina and Leko languages - Advances in Native South American Historical Linguistics".
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kaufman-1994 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2012 Bolivia Características de la Población". Instituto Nacional de Estadística, República de Bolivia. p. 29.