Culli, also spelled Culle, Cullí or Kulyi, and also called Ilinga, is a poorly attested extinct language isolate of the Andean highlands of northern Peru, historically spoken in the La Libertad, Cajamarca and Ancash regions, including Cajabamba and Pallasca provinces. What is known of the language comes chiefly from an eighteenth-century manuscript by Martínez Compañón and from wordlists gathered by Paul Rivet in 1934, drawing on recordings made in 1915. The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger records it as extinct by the mid-20th century, though some accounts mention possible remaining speakers in remote villages.
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RegionAndean highlands of northern Peru. 1 Speaker CountWikipedia describes Culli as an extinct language; no population or speaker figures are given anywhere in the source. In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Culli Language
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Culli, also spelled Culle, Cullí, or Kulyi, also called Ilinga, is a poorly attested extinct language of the Andean highlands of northern Peru.
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is a poorly attested extinct language of the Andean highlands of northern Peru
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Culli, also spelled Culle, Cullí, or Kulyi, also called Ilinga, is a poorly attested extinct language of the Andean highlands of northern Peru.
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