Allentiac language explained

Allentiac
Also Known As:Warpe
States:Argentina, dispossessed to Chile
Ethnicity:Huarpe people
Extinct:few Huarpean speakers left by 1630
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Huarpean
Iso3:none
Linglist:qbt
Lingname:(Alyentiyak)
Glotto:alle1238
Glottorefname:Allentiac

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.

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.