Extinct Huarpean language of South America
Allentiac (Alyentiyak), also known as Huarpe (Warpe), was one of two known Warpean languages.[1] It was native to Cuyo in Argentina, but was displaced to Chile in the late 16th century. Luis de Valdivia, a Jesuit missionary, wrote a grammar, vocabulary and religious texts.[2] The people became mestizo and lost their language soon after.
References
- ^ Canals Frau, Salvador. 1941. La lengua de los Huarpes de San Juan. Anales del Instituto de Etnografía Americana (o Anales del Instituto de Arqueología y Etnología) 2: 43-167. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza.
- ^ Márquez Miranda, Fernando. 1943. Los textos Millcayac del P. Luis de Valdivia con su vocabulario español-Allentiac = Millcayac. Revista del Museo de la Plata (Nueva Série): Antropología II: 61-223.
