Native to Peru Extinct ca. 2000 ISO 639-3 cht | 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(Text) CC BY-SA