Tallán language

Tallán, or Atalán, is an extinct and poorly attested language of the Piura Region of Peru. It is too poorly known to be definitively classified. It may have a possible connection to neighboring Sechura, termed the Sek languages.

Tallán
Atalán
Native to	Peru
Region	Piura Region
Ethnicity	Tallán
Extinct	early 19th century[1]
Language family	Sek? Tallán
Dialects	Catacao Colán
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	tall1235
Tallán

In Glottolog and in Jolkesky (2016), the two attested Catacaoan languages, Catacao and Colán, are listed as dialects of Tallán.^[2][1]

Dialects

Mason (1950) lists Apichiquí, Cancebí, Charapoto, Pichote, Pichoasac, Pichunsi, Manabí, Jarahusa, and Jipijapa as dialects of Atalán.^[3]

Rivet (1924) lists Manta, Huancavilca, Puna, and Tumbez within an Atalán family.^[4]

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.