Lapachu language explained

Lapachu
Nativename:Apolista
Extinct:data was gathered in the 1970s; it is possible there are still a few very old speakers
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:American
Fam2:Southern
Fam3:Bolivia–Parana?
Iso3:none
Glotto:apol1242
Glottorefname:Apolista

Lapachu, also known as Apolista or Aguachile,[2] is an extinct Arawakan language of Bolivia. Aikhenvald (1999) classifies it together with Terena, Moxos, and related languages. It is not clear from surviving descriptions whether it was one language or two.

Notes and References

  1. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  2. Jolkesky . Marcelo Pinho de Valhery . 2016 . Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas . Ph.D. dissertation . Brasília . University of Brasília . 2 . 2020-06-04 . 2021-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418142223/http://www.etnolinguistica.org/tese:jolkesky-2016-arqueoecolinguistica . live .