Teteté language

Teteté
Native toEcuador, Colombia
EthnicityTeteté people
Extinctc. 1974[1]
Tucanoan
  • Western
    • (?)
      • Teteté
Language codes
ISO 639-3teb
Glottologsion1247  Siona-Tetete
ELPTeteté

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

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  • Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Texaco’s Failed Attempt at Environmental Stewardship in the Ecuadorian Amazon BasinArchived 24 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine