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Chono

Chono was a language isolate once spoken in Chile.

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Chono · 44.3°S 73.9°W

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Chono is a poorly attested extinct language of confusing classification. It is attested primarily from an 18th-century catechism, which is not translated into Spanish. Various placenames in Chiloé Archipelago have Chono etymologies.

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