Kunza

language
name=Kunza
nativename=
states=Atacama
speakers=Extinct since mid 20th Century
familycolor=
iso2=kuz|iso3=kuz

Kunza, also known as Likanantaí, Lipe, Ulipe, or Atacameño, is an extinct, unclassified language spoken in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Perú (specifically in Peine, Socaire (Salar de Atacama), and Caspana) by the Lickan-antay people, who have since shifted to Spanish.

The last Kunza speaker was found in 1949, also some have been found since according to anthopologists.what There are 2,000 Atacameños (W. Adelaar).Fact|date=February 2007 A dictionary was made for Kunza.

Kaufman (1990) finds a proposed connection between Kunza and the likewise unclassified Kapixaná to be plausible.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kuz Kunza @ Ethnologue]
* [http://geocities.com/lenguadeatacama/ Bibliography about Kunza]