Copallén language
Extinct language
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Copallín (Copallén) is an extinct language of the Marañón River basin formerly spoken in Peru.
Geographical distribution
It was spoken in villages of Llanque, Las Lomas del Viento, and Copallín, department of Cajamarca.[1][2]
Vocabulary
Four words are attested from Copallén (Copallín): quiet [kjet] 'water', chumac 'maize', olaman 'firewood', and ismare 'house'. The word for water resembles the toponymic element -cat, posited to be an otherwise unknown language of the region.[2] However, this is insufficient to identify Copallén as a Cholónan language.[3]
