Culli language
| Culli | |
|---|---|
| Ilinga | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | La Libertad, Cajamarca (Cajabamba), Ancash (Pallasca) |
| Extinct | mid-20th century possible speakers in remote villages |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | cull1235 |
| Linguasphere | 84-EAA-aa |
 Culle | |
 Culle is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Culli, also spelled Culle, Cullí, or Kulyi, also called Ilinga, is a poorly attested extinct language of the Andean highlands of northern Peru.
Vocabulary
- Manuscript by Martínez Compañón from the 1700s
- Words collected by Paul Rivet in 1934 from a 1915 wordlist recorded by priest of Cabana Teodoro Meléndez Gonzales of Pallasca, Department of Ancash, Peru
The following wordlist from the "plan" is taken from the Madrid manuscript.
| gloss | Culli (Martínez Compañón) |
|---|---|
| God | yaià |
| man | usù |
| woman | ahhi |
| soul | alma |
| body | cuerpu |
| heart | chucuàll |
| meat/flesh | aycha |
| bone | mosčár |
| father | quinù |
| mother | mamǎ |
| son | usu ogǒll |
| daughter | ahhi ogǒll |
| brother | quimit |
| sister | cañi |
| eat | miù |
| drink | cumù |
| laugh | canquiù |
| cry | ačasù |
| die | čollapù |
| joy | cuhi |
| pain | pillach |
| death | caní |
| sky | cielo |
| sun | sú |
| moon | mùñ |
| stars | chuip |
| fire | mú |
| wind | llucá |
| bird | pichuñ |
| earth | pús |
| animal | animal |
| tree | urù |
| trunk | mučh-cusǧá |
| branch | urù saĝ̌ars |
| flower | chuchú |
| fruit | huačohú |
| grass | paihač |
| water | coñ |
| sea | quidā |
| river | uram |
| waves | còñpulcasù |
| rain | čau |
| fish | challuǎ |
| gloss | Culli (Gonzáles) |
|---|---|
| wood | guro |
| firewood | pišose |
| poncho | maiko |
| hat | muntua |
| dog | korep |
| neck | uro |
| water | goñ |
| bird drinking water | pičon-goñ |
| listen! | čo |
| candle | nina |
| hand | pui |
| I want to eat chicken | ki amberto gual′pe |
| bread eater | huiku-vana |
| dead | kani |
| bread | vana |
| foot | mai |
| sandals | mai-vil |
| head | ču |
| stomach | odre |
References
Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Culli word list
- ↑ Moseley, Christopher; Asher, Ronald E. (1994). Atlas of the world's languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-01925-5.
- 1 2 Urban, Matthias (2024-12-31), "Small and extinct languages of Northern Peru", in Urban, Matthias (ed.), The Oxford Guide to the Languages of the Central Andes (1 ed.), Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 419–437, doi:10.1093/oso/9780198849926.003.0014, ISBN 978-0-19-884992-6, retrieved 2026-02-02
- ↑ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ↑ Adelaar, William F.H.; Pieter C. Muysken (2004). The Languages of the Andes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 401–405. ISBN 0-521-36275-X.
- ↑ Adelaar, Willem F. H. (1988-01-01), "Search for the Culli Language", in Jansen; van der Loo; Manning (eds.), Continuity and Identity in Native America, BRILL, pp. 111–131, doi:10.1163/9789004660656_009, ISBN 978-90-04-66065-6, retrieved 2025-10-26
- ↑ Campbell, Lyle (2024). The indigenous languages of the Americas: history and classification. Oxford scholarship online. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1.
- ↑ "Glottolog 5.2 - Culli". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ↑ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery (2016). Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas (Ph.D. dissertation) (2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília.
- ↑ Martínez de Compañón, Baltasar Jaime (1782–1785). "PLAN que contiene 43. vozes Castellanas traducidas ãlas õcho lenguas que hablan los Yndios de la costa, Sierras, y Montañas del Obp̃do. de Trugillo del Perù". Trujillo del Perú en el siglo XVIII. Madrid.
- ↑ Loukotka, Čestmír (1949). "Sur Quelques Langues Inconnues de l'Amerique du Sud" (PDF). Lingua Posnaniensis. I: 53–82.
- ↑ Rivet, Paul (1949). "Les Langues De L'ancien Diocèse De Trujillo". Journal de la Société des américanistes. 38: 1–51. ISSN 0037-9174.