Tallán, or Atalán, is an extinct and poorly attested language of the
Piura Region of
Peru
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. It is too poorly known to be definitively classified. See
Sek languages for a possible connection to neighboring Sechura.
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Glottolog'' and in Jolkesky (2016), the two attested
Catacaoan languages
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Catacao and
Colán, are listed as dialects of Tallán.
[Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. ]
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Dialects
Mason (1950) lists Apichiquí, Cancebí, Charapoto, Pichote, Pichoasac, Pichunsi, Manabí, Jarahusa, and Jipijapa as dialects of Atalán.
Rivet (1924) lists Manta, Huancavilca, Puna, and Tumbez within an ''Atalán'' family.
[Rivet, Paul. 1924. Langues Américaines III: Langues de l’Amérique du Sud et des Antilles. In: Antoine Meillet and Marcel Cohen (ed.), ''Les Langues du Monde'', Volume 16, 639–712. Paris: Collection Linguistique.]
Further reading
*Ramos Cabredo, J. (1950). Ensayo de un vocabulario de la lengua Tallán o Tallanca. Cuadernos de Estudio del Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, 3:11-55. Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
References
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Languages of Peru
Unclassified languages of South America