Huancavilca language
Extinct unclassified language
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Huancavilca is an extinct unclassified language formerly spoken by the Huancavilca people in Guayas, Manabí and Santa Elena Provinces in Ecuador.[1]
NativetoEcuador
RegionGuayas, Manabí, Santa Elena
EthnicityManteño-Huancavilca culture
Extinct(date missing)
| Huancavilca | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ecuador |
| Region | Guayas, Manabí, Santa Elena |
| Ethnicity | Manteño-Huancavilca culture |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
unclassified | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
| |
Classification
Vocabulary
Huancavilca is very poorly known and therefore unclassifiable. Čestmír Loukotka (1968) reported that four words had been compiled in Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño's 1919 book.[4]
