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Panzaleo language
Language of Ecuador From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Panzaleo (Pansaleo, Quito, Latacunga) is a poorly attested and unclassified indigenous American language that was spoken in the region of Quito until the 17th century.
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Attestation
Much of the information on Panzaleo comes from toponyms of central and northern Ecuador. Typical are:
- -(h)aló: Pilaló, Mulahaló
- -leo: Tisaleo, Pelileo
- -lagua / -ragua: Cutuglagua, Tungurahua
Classification
Loukotka (1968) suggested that Panzaleo might be related to Paez.[1] (See Paezan languages.) One of his sources for this proposal was Jijón y Caamaño (1940), who admit that the evidence is weak and may have been due to language contact.
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