Yunga

E592981

Yunga is an alternative name for the Mochica language, an extinct pre-Columbian language once spoken on Peru’s northern coast.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yunga canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American indigenous language
extinct language
language
alternativeNameOf Mochica language
associatedWith Chimú Empire
linked to: Chimú Kingdom

Moche civilization
linked to: Moche culture
continent South America
country Peru
documentationType grammatical notes
wordlists
documentedBy colonial-era missionaries
eraOfExtinction colonial and early republican periods
extinctionStatus no native speakers remain
geographicDistribution Ancash Region
La Libertad Region
Lambayeque Region
hasAlternativeName Mochica
linked to: Moche culture

Muchik
Yunca
hasApproximateLocation Peruvian coastal valleys
hasISO6393Code omc
hasLinguisticClassificationIssue true
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Aymara
Quechua
isPreColumbian true
languageContact Quechua
Spanish
languageFamilyStatus unclassified
preColonialUse administration and daily communication in northern coastal polities
region northern coast of Peru
spokenBy Chimú culture
linked to: Chimu culture

Moche culture
spokenInPeriod pre-Columbian era
status extinct
writingSystem no widely attested native script

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