Chaná language

Chaná language
Chaná
Spoken in Uruguay
Extinct early 20th Century
Language family
Charruan
  • Chaná
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Linguist List qs1

Chaná is an extinct Charruan language that was once spoken in Uruguay along the Uruguay and Paraná-Guazú rivers.[1]

Chaná is poorly attested. There exists a short grammar by Dámaso Larrañaga.[2] and a few wordlists.

References

  1. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. 
  2. ^ Larrañaga (1923). "Compendio del idioma de la nación chaná". Escritos de D. Dámaso A. Larrañaga. III. Montevideo: Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay, Imprenta Nacional. pp. 163–174. http://biblio.etnolinguistica.org/larranaga_1923_compendio. 

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