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Cholón language

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Native to
  
Peru

Extinct
  
ca. 2000

ISO 639-3
  
cht

Region
  
Language family
  
Hibito–CholonCholón

Glottolog
  
chol1284

Cholón, also known as Seeptsá and Tsinganeses, is a recently extinct language of Peru.

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Phonology

Due to the amateur Spanish pronunciation spellings used to transcribe Cholon, its sound inventory is uncertain. The following is an attempt at interpreting them (Adelaar 2004:464).

The vowels appeared to have been similar to Spanish [a e i o u].

Grammar

Cholon distinguishes masculine and feminine grammatical gender in the second person. That is, one used different forms for "you" depending on whether one was speaking to a man or a woman:

References

Cholón language Wikipedia


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