Nivaclé
Object Details
Name | Nivaclé |
Name (Indigenous) | Axluslay |
Alternate Name(s) | Chulupi Axluxlay Guisnai Nivaklé Ashlushlay |
Language Code | cag |
Macro Language | N |
Language Family | Matacoan |
Description | There are about 16,350 speakers of Nivâle in Paraguay and 553 speakers in Argentina. Some scholars mention five varieties of Nivaĉle, but there has been significant movement and intermarriage so that even in a single modern location Nivaĉle people may not always speak the same. (Alejandra Vidal, 2019) |
Countries | Argentina Chile Paraguay |
Language PID | ailla:119559 |