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Chané language

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Chané
Native toArgentina
EthnicityChané people
Extinctearly 20th century[1]
Arawakan
  • Southern
Language codes
ISO 639-3caj
caj
Glottologchan1322

Chané is an extinct language of Argentina and Bolivia. It was either a dialect of,[2] or closely related to, the Terena language of the Arawakan language family. There is little data on this language. In Argentina, it was spoken in Salta province.

References

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  1. ^ Handbook of South American Indians
  2. ^ Carvalho, Fernando (2016-03-10). "Terena, Chané, Guaná and Kinikinau are one and the same language:: setting the record straight on southern Arawak linguistic diversity". LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas (in Portuguese). 16 (1): 39–57. doi:10.20396/liames.v16i1.8646165. ISSN 2177-7160.