-den language

-den
-den
Native to	Peru
Region	Department of Cajamarca
Ethnicity	Guzmango
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	unclassified (Hibito–Cholon?)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None
	-den

Last updated October 22, 2025

A virtually unknown and extinct Indigenous language of Peru, formerly spoken in Cajamarca Department, is referred to as -den from its characteristic toponym (also as -don, -ten, -ton, -din, -tin). It is known from only three words and is associated with the kingdom of Cuismancu (Guzmango), centred in the province of Contumazá.^[1] It may have been related to the Hibito–Cholon languages.^[2]

References

↑ Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Muysken, Pieter (2004). The languages of the Andes. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge (G.B.): Cambridge University press. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.
↑ Urban, Matthias (2021). "Cholón and the linguistic prehistory of Northern Peru: triangulating toponymy, substrate lexis, and areal typology". Linguistic Discovery. 17 (1). doi:10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.513. ISSN 1537-0852.

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[1] Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Muysken, Pieter (2004). The languages of the Andes. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge (G.B.): Cambridge University press. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.

[2] Urban, Matthias (2021). "Cholón and the linguistic prehistory of Northern Peru: triangulating toponymy, substrate lexis, and areal typology". Linguistic Discovery. 17 (1). doi:10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.513. ISSN 1537-0852.

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-den language

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