Copallén language

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]

References

↑Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Wilbert, Johannes (ed.). Classification of South American Indian Languages(PDF) (4th ed.). Latin American Center, UCLA: Latin American Center, University of California Los Angeles. p. 239. ISBN 9780879031077.
12Adelaar, Willem F. H; Muysken, Pieter C. (2004). The Languages of the Andes. Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.
↑Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Copallen". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[1] Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Wilbert, Johannes (ed.). Classification of South American Indian Languages(PDF) (4th ed.). Latin American Center, UCLA: Latin American Center, University of California Los Angeles. p. 239. ISBN 9780879031077.

[:0-2] 12Adelaar, Willem F. H; Muysken, Pieter C. (2004). The Languages of the Andes. Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.

[3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Copallen". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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