Extinct Languages
Abipón, Chané, and Haush are now extinct languages that were spoken by people indigenous to Argentina before European contact. The Abipón language was a native American language of the Mataco–Guaycuru family that was spoken by the Abipón people. Very little is known of Chané, which was spoken in the Salta Province and which was either a dialect of or closely related to the Terena language of the Arawakan language family. The Haush language was an indigenous language spoken by the Haush people and was formerly spoken on the island of Tierra del Fuego.
Cocoliche, a Spanish-Italian creole, was spoken mainly by first and second-generation immigrants from Italy, but is no longer in daily use; it is sometimes used in comedy. Some Cocoliche terms were adopted into Lunfardo slang.
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