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Name: Atacameño
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Cunza; Atacama; Atakama; Kunza; Likanantaí; Lipe; Ulipe; Kunsa; Atacameno; Likan Antai
Once Spoken in: Chile, Argentina, Bolivia
Number of speakers: No known speakers. A few were located in 1949 and since by anthropologists. Ethnic population: 2,000 (2000 W. Adelaar) (Ethnologue)
Code: kuz
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: LINGUIST List
Families: Isolates & Small Families
Parent Subgroup: South American Isolates; South American Language Isolate (saso)
Child Dialects: Churumata (kuz-chu) Cochinoca (kuz-coc) Casabindo (kuz-cas) Apatama (kuz-apa)

Endangerment Status


Linguist List Status: Extinct
UNESCO Status: Extinct
Ethnologue Status: Extinct
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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