Chané dialect

Chané
Chané
Native to	Argentina
Ethnicity	Chané people
Extinct	after 1908
Language family	Arawakan Southern Bolivia–Parana Terena Chané; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	caj
Linguist List	caj
Glottolog	chan1322

Last updated January 07, 2026

Chané is an extinct language of Argentina and Bolivia. It was either a dialect of,^[2] or closely related to, the Terena language of the Arawakan language family. There is little data on this language. In Argentina, it was spoken in Salta province.

References

↑ Handbook of South American Indians
↑ Carvalho, Fernando (2016-03-10). "Terena, Chané, Guaná and Kinikinau are one and the same language:: setting the record straight on southern Arawak linguistic diversity". LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas (in Portuguese). 16 (1): 39–57. doi: 10.20396/liames.v16i1.8646165 . ISSN 2177-7160.

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[1] Handbook of South American Indians

[2] Carvalho, Fernando (2016-03-10). "Terena, Chané, Guaná and Kinikinau are one and the same language:: setting the record straight on southern Arawak linguistic diversity". LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas (in Portuguese). 16 (1): 39–57. doi: 10.20396/liames.v16i1.8646165 . ISSN 2177-7160.

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