Huarpe, or Warpe, is a small extinct language family of central Argentina's historic Cuyo Province, consisting of at least two closely related languages traditionally considered dialects, Allentiac and Millcayac. A third variety, Puntano of San Luis, was never documented before its languages went extinct. Linguist Terrence Kaufman tentatively linked Huarpe to the Mura-Matanawi languages in a proposed Macro-Warpean family, while noting that no systematic study supported the connection, so the two are best treated as independent families for now.
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RegionExtinct language family of central Argentina, in the historic Cuyo Province. 1 Proto-Language StatusExtinct after the 1630s, with too little surviving material for a confident external classification. Kaufman (1994) tentatively linked Huarpe to the Mura-Matanawi languages as Macro-Warpean, but noted no systematic study had been made, so Huarpean is best treated as an independent family. 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Huarpean Languages (Family Article)
WikipediaLead section, first paragraph
Huarpe (Warpe) is a small, extinct language family of central Argentina (historic Cuyo Province) that consisted of at least two closely related languages.
Second paragraph, classification discussion
Kaufman (1994) tentatively linked Huarpe to the Mura-Matanawi languages in a family he called Macro-Warpean. However, he noted that "no systematic study" had been made, so that it is best to consider them independent families.
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