Kunza

Kunza was a language isolate once spoken in Chile.

Kunza · 23.0°S 69.0°W

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

Kunza (Kunza: Likanantaí) is the extinct language isolate of the Atacama people, once spoken in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Peru who have since shifted to Spanish. The last speakers were documented in 1964; However, there is currently a revitalization effort.

Other names and spellings include Cunza, Ckunsa, Likanantaí, and Atacameño. The word Ckunsa means 'our' in Kunza.

From what data is available, it is believed that it is a polysynthetic language. However, there is not sufficient information to determine which languages it was related to, if any. Thus, it is conventionally classified as a language isolate.

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Words in Kunza

Meaning	Word	Romanization
name	Cei*
eye	kepi*
ear	ckaickai
nose	sepi*
tooth	kenia*
tongue	lasi*
hand	suyi*
blood	lari*
bone	mulur*
skin	kati*
knee	poklo*
breast	katnu*
liver	himri*
water	puri*
fire	hohonima*
sun	kapin*
moon	ckamur
star	halar*
stone	kaiCi*
mountain	kabur*
tree	yali*
leaf	kata*
night	atan*
dog	lokma*
fish	kakCi*
louse	hebir*
one	sema*
two	poya*
I	aka*
you	Cema*