Lule–Vilela languages
Encyclopedia
The two Lule–Vilela languages constitute a small, distantly related language family
of northern Argentina. Kaufman (1990) found the relationship likely and with general agreement among the major classifiers of South American languages. Viegas Barros published additional evidence 1996–2006.
Language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term 'family' comes from the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a...
of northern Argentina. Kaufman (1990) found the relationship likely and with general agreement among the major classifiers of South American languages. Viegas Barros published additional evidence 1996–2006.
External links
- Alain Fabre. 2005. Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos. 'Lule–Vilela'