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Colan language

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Colán
Kolán
Native toPeru
RegionPiura Region
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qsb
Glottologcola1238
Map of all Catacaoan languages, with Colan in the middle of the yellow area

Colán (Kolán) is an extinct language of Peru. It is considered to be a dialect of Tallán. There is tentative lexical suggestion of relation to the Sechuran languages, but there is not enough data to confirm this.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Urban, Matthias. 2019. Lost languages of the Peruvian North Coast. Estudios Indiana 12. Berlin: Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (Preußischer Kulturbesitz) & Gebr. Mann Verlag.
  2. ^ Adelaar, Willem F. H. & Pieter C. Muysken. 2004. The Languages of the Andes. (Cambridge Language Surveys, 117.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xxv+718pp.