Hibito language

Hibito (spelled variously Híbito, Hívito, Chibito, Ibito, Jibito, Xibita, Zibito)^[1] is an extinct language of Peru. It, together with Cholón, constitute the Hibito-Cholon family. There were 500 speakers reported in 1850, but the languge appears to have gone extinct around the 1960s.^[2]

Hibito
Native to	Peru
Region	Bobonaje River valley
Ethnicity	Hibito
Extinct	1960s
Language family	Hibito–Cholon Hibito
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hib
Glottolog	hibi1243

Loukotka (1968) reports that it was spoken along the Huamo River, just north of the Cholón area.^[3]