Teteté language
| Teteté | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ecuador, Colombia |
| Ethnicity | Teteté people |
| Extinct | c. 1974[1] |
Tucanoan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | teb |
| Glottolog | sion1247 Siona-Tetete |
| ELP | Teteté |
Teteté is an extinct Tucanoan language that was spoken in Ecuador close to the Ecuador-Colombia border. It was also formerly spoken in Colombia, but is now extinct there. It was spoken by the indigenous Tetete people, who did not survive the twentieth century.[2]
Tetete is close to the Secoya language.
Bibliography
- Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
References
- ^ Wasserstrom, Robert; Reider, Susan; Lara, Rommel (1 July 2011). "Nobody Knew Their Names: The Black Legend of Tetete Extermination". Ethnohistory. 58 (3): 421–444. doi:10.1215/00141801-1263848. ISSN 0014-1801.
- ^ Texaco’s Failed Attempt at Environmental Stewardship in the Ecuadorian Amazon BasinArchived 24 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine