Kunza

A language of Chile

ISO 639: kuz
Alternate Names: Atacameño, Likan Antai, Likanantaí, Lipe, Ulipe
Population: No known L1 speakers. The last speakers either died or shifted entirely to Spanish by 1978. Ethnic population: 21,000 (2002 census).
Location:: Antofagasta region: El Loa province; Caspana, Peine, and Socaire (Salar de Atacama).
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Language isolate
Dialects: None known. Classified as Macro-Chibchan.
Typology: 23 consonants and 10 vowels (5 short, 5 long).
Language Use: Shifted to Spanish [spa] (Crevels 2007).
Language Development: Dictionary.

Location: Antofagasta region: El Loa province; Caspana, Peine, and Socaire (Salar de Atacama).