Vilela language

Vilela (Uakambalelté, Atalalá, Chulupí~Chunupí)^[4] 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.

Phonology

Vilela appears to have the five vowels of Spanish and approximately the following consonants:

Notes

1. ↑ Vilela language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
2. ↑ Vilela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Vilela". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. 
4. ↑ Not to be confused with Niwaklé, which is also called Chulupí~Chunupí.

References

• Lozano, Elena (1970). Textos Vilelas. La Plata: CEILP.
• Lozano, Elena (1977). Cuentos secretos vilelas: I. La mujer tigre. VICUS Cuadernos. Lingüística, Vol.I: 93-116.

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Regional languages	Guarani Mapuche Quechua
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