Vilela language
| Vilela | |
|---|---|
| Uakambalelté | |
| Waqha | |
| Native to | Argentina |
| Region | eastern Chaco |
| Ethnicity | Vilela (Waqha-umbaꞵelte) |
Native speakers | 2 semispeakers (2007) |
Lule–Vilela
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vil |
| Glottolog | vile1241 |
| ELP | Vilela |
Map of the Vilela language | |
Vilela is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Vilela (Uakambalelté, Atalalá, Chulupí~Chunupí) is a moribund 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'. There were 2 semispeakers as of 2007.
The last Vilela people were absorbed into the surrounding Toba people and Spanish-speaking townsfolk.