Yunga

E592981

Yunga is an alternative name for the Mochica language, an extinct pre-Columbian language once spoken on Peru’s northern coast.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yunga canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American indigenous language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Mochica language ⓘ
associatedWith Chimú Empire ⓘ
linked to: Chimú Kingdom

Moche civilization ⓘ
linked to: Moche culture
continent South America ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
documentationType grammatical notes ⓘ
wordlists ⓘ
documentedBy colonial-era missionaries ⓘ
eraOfExtinction colonial and early republican periods ⓘ
extinctionStatus no native speakers remain ⓘ
geographicDistribution Ancash Region ⓘ
La Libertad Region ⓘ
Lambayeque Region ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mochica ⓘ
linked to: Moche culture

Muchik ⓘ
Yunca ⓘ
hasApproximateLocation Peruvian coastal valleys ⓘ
hasISO6393Code omc ⓘ
hasLinguisticClassificationIssue true ⓘ
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Aymara ⓘ
Quechua ⓘ
isPreColumbian true ⓘ
languageContact Quechua ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
languageFamilyStatus unclassified ⓘ
preColonialUse administration and daily communication in northern coastal polities ⓘ
region northern coast of Peru ⓘ
spokenBy Chimú culture ⓘ
linked to: Chimu culture

Moche culture ⓘ
spokenInPeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
writingSystem no widely attested native script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.