Vilela language
| Vilela | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Argentina |
| Extinct | 20 by 1981; gone by 2011 |
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Lule–Vilela
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | vile1241 |
Vilela (Uakambalelté, Atalalá, Chulupí~Chunupí) is an extinct 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'.
The last Vilela people were absorbed into the surrounding Toba people and Spanish-speaking townsfolk.
Vilela appears to have the five vowels of Spanish and approximately the following consonants:
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