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Chimuan languages

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Chimuan or Yuncan is a hypothetical small extinct language family of northern Peru and Ecuador in the inter-Andean valley. They are held to comprise the Mochica (Yunga), Canari-Puruha, and Huancavilca.

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Northern Peru and Ecuador, inter-Andean valley 1
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1. Wikipedia: Chimuan languages
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A hypothetical small extinct language family of northern Peru and Ecuador in the inter-Andean valley.
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Wikidata: Chimuan languages
Wikidata Q1470794, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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