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.
Panzaleo | |
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Latacunga | |
Native to | Ecuador |
Region | Quito |
Ethnicity | Panzaleo people |
Extinct | 17th century |
unclassified (Paezan?) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
qcv | |
Glottolog | panz1235 |
Much of the information on Panzaleo comes from toponyms of central and northern Ecuador. Typical are:
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.