Sanavirón is an extinct and unclassified language once spoken near the Salinas Grandes in Córdoba, Argentina. Loukotka (1968)[1] classified it as a language isolate, but there is insufficient data to justify this according to Campbell (2012).[2]

Sanavirón
Native toArgentina
EthnicitySanavirones
Extinct(date missing)
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
1nf
GlottologNone

Vocabulary edit

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.[1]

gloss Sanaviron
water para
sun solo
earth lasta
house tolo

References edit

  1. ^ a b Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  2. ^ Campbell, Lyle (2012). "Classification of the indigenous languages of South America". In Grondona, Verónica; Campbell, Lyle (eds.). The Indigenous Languages of South America. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 59–166. ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3.