Culle language

Culle
Spoken in	Peru
Region	La Libertad, Cajabamba, Pallasca
Extinct	mid-20th century
Language family	unclassified (Hibito–Cholon?)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	0iq

Culle (Cullí, Kulyi), also known as Ilinga (Linga), is a poorly attested extinct language of northern Peru. It is the original language of the regions of La Libertad, Cajabamba, and Pallasca. It is known through various word lists collected while the language was still spoken and through vocabulary loaned into the Spanish spoken in the region.^[1]

Vocabulary

What little is known of the Culle language consists mostly of vocabulary. A sample list of words is given by Loutkotka; some of these are presented here^[2]:

• ahhi – woman
• čallua – fish
• ču – head
• čukuáll – heart
• koñ, goñ – water
• kumú – drink
• mú – fire
• múñ – moon
• urú – tree
• usú – man

Classification

Because it is poorly attested, it has not been possible to definitively classify Culle.

References

1. ^ Adelaar, William F.H.; Pieter C. Muysken (2004). The Languages of the Andes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 401–405. ISBN 0-521-36275-X. 
2. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. pp. 63–65.