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.