Panzaleo (''Pansaleo, Quito, Latacunga'') is a poorly attested and

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indigenous American language that was spoken in the region of

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley on ...

until the 17th century.

Attestation

Much of the information on Panzaleo comes from

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s 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. (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

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References

{{reflist * Jijón y Caamaño, Jacinto (1936–8): ''Sebastián de Benalcázar'', vol. 1 (1936) Quito: Imprenta del Clero; vol. 2 (1938) Quito: Editorial Ecuatoriana. * Jijón y Caamaño, Jacinto (1940–5): ''El Ecuador interandino y occidental antes de la conquista castellana'', vol. 1 (1940), vol. 2 (1941), vol. 3 (1943), vol. 4 (1945). Quito: Editorial Ecuatoriana (1998 edition, Quito: Abya-Yala). * Jiménez de la Espada, Marcos, ed. (1965 586: ''Relaciones geográficas de Indias: Perú'', 3 vols. Biblioteca de Autores Españoles 183–5. Madrid: Atlas. Indigenous languages of South America Unclassified languages of South America Macro-Paesan languages