Millcayac (Milykayak) was one of two known
Warpean languages. It was native to
Cuyo in Argentina, but was displaced to Chile in the late 16th century.
Luis de Valdivia wrote a grammar, vocabulary and religious texts.
[Márquez Miranda, Fernando. 1943. Los textos Millcayac del P. Luis de Valdivia con su vocabulario español-Allentiac = Millcayac. ''Revista del Museo de la Plata (Nueva Série): Antropología'' II: 61-223.] The people became
Mestizo
(; ; fem. ) is a term used for racial classification to refer to a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturally European even though thei ...
and lost their language soon after.
References
Huarpean languages
Extinct languages of South America
Languages of Argentina
Languages of Chile
Languages extinct in the 17th century
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