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{{Short description|Extinct unclassified language of Argentina}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Humahuaca
|nativename=Omaguaca
|states=[[Argentina]]
|ethnicity =
|extinct=?
|familycolor=American
|family=Ataguitan
|iso3=none
|linglist=1nm
|glotto=none
}}
'''Humahuaca''' (Omaguaca) is an extinct language of [[Argentina]] (Campbell 2012).<ref name="Campbell-SAmerica">{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Lyle |authorlink=Lyle Campbell |editor1-last=Grondona |editor1-first=Verónica |editor2-last=Campbell |editor2-first=Lyle |date=2012 |title=The Indigenous Languages of South America |chapter=Classification of the indigenous languages of South America |series=The World of Linguistics |volume=2 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=59–166 |isbn=978-3-11-025513-3}}</ref> Tribal and possibly dialect divisions were Fiscara, Jujuy, Ocloya, Osa, Purmamarca, and Tiliar. Mason (1950) proposed that Humahuaca was related to [[Diaguita language|Diaguita]] (Cacán) and [[Kunza language|Kunza]] in a group he called "Ataguitan".

==Varieties==
Varieties classified by Loukotka (1968) as part of the Humahuaca language cluster:<ref name="Loukotka">{{cite book |last=Loukotka |first=Čestmír |authorlink=Čestmír Loukotka |title=Classification of South American Indian languages |url=https://archive.org/details/classificationof0007louk |url-access=registration |publisher=UCLA Latin American Center |year=1968 |location=Los Angeles}}</ref>

*'''Humahuaca''' or '''Omaguaca''' - extinct language once spoken in the valleys of [[Tilcara]] and [[Humahuaca]], [[Jujuy Province]], Argentina.
*'''Ocloya''' - once spoken in Jujuy Province on the "Normente River" and near Necay.
*'''Jujui''' - once spoken around the city of [[Jujuy]]. (Unattested)
*'''Casavindo''' - once spoken around the city of [[Casabindo]], Jujuy Province. (Unattested)
*'''Cochinoca''' - once spoken near the city of [[Cochinoca]], Jujuy Province. (Unattested)
*'''Churumata''' - once spoken by the northwestern neighbors of the Humahuaca tribe. (Unattested)

==References==
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{{Languages of Argentina}}
[[Category:Languages of Argentina]]
[[Category:Ataguitan languages]]
[[Category:Unclassified languages of South America]]


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