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| Vilela | |
|---|---|
| Waqha | |
| Native to | Argentina |
| Region | eastern Chaco |
| Ethnicity | Vilela (Waqha-umbaꞵelte) |
| Extinct | by 2007[1] 2 semispeakers (2007)[2] |
Lule–Vilela
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vil |
| Glottolog | vile1241 |
| ELP | Vilela |
 Vilela is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Vilela (Uakambalelté, Atalalá, Chulupí~Chunupí)[3] is a language last spoken in the Resistencia area of Argentina and in the eastern Chaco near the Paraguayan border. Dialects were Ocol, Chinipi, Sinipi; only Ocol survives. The people call themselves Waqha-umbaβelte 'Waqha speakers'. There were 2 semispeakers as of 2007.
The last Vilela people were absorbed into the surrounding Toba people and Spanish-speaking townsfolk.
- ^ Vilela at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Crevels, Mily (2012-01-13), Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (eds.), "Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking", The Indigenous Languages of South America, DE GRUYTER, pp. 167–234, doi:10.1515/9783110258035.167, ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3, retrieved 2025-02-17
- ^ Not to be confused with Niwaklé, which is also called Chulupí~Chunupí.
