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The Calchaquí were a tribe of South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
n Indians
Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples....
 of the Diaguita
Diaguita

The Diaguita, also called Diaguita-Calchaqu?, are a group of South American indigenous peoples of the Americas. The Diaguita culture developed between the 8th and 16th centuries in what are now the provinces of Salta Province, Catamarca Province, La Rioja Province and Tucum?n Province in Argentine Northwest Argentina, and in the At...
 group, now extinct, who formerly occupied northern Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. Stone and other remains prove them to have reached a high degree of civilization. They offered a vigorous resistance to the first Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 colonists coming from Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
.

Their language, known as Cacán, became extinct since the mid-17th century or beginning of 18th century. Its genetic classification remains unclear.






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The Calchaquí were a tribe of South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
n Indians
Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples....
 of the Diaguita
Diaguita

The Diaguita, also called Diaguita-Calchaqu?, are a group of South American indigenous peoples of the Americas. The Diaguita culture developed between the 8th and 16th centuries in what are now the provinces of Salta Province, Catamarca Province, La Rioja Province and Tucum?n Province in Argentine Northwest Argentina, and in the At...
 group, now extinct, who formerly occupied northern Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. Stone and other remains prove them to have reached a high degree of civilization. They offered a vigorous resistance to the first Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 colonists coming from Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
.

Their language, known as Cacán, became extinct since the mid-17th century or beginning of 18th century. Its genetic classification remains unclear. The language was supposedly documented by the Jesuit
Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic religious order of clerks regular whose members are called Jesuits, Soldiers of Jesus Christ, and Foot soldiers of the Pope, because the founder, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a knight before becoming a Holy Orders....
 Alonso de Bárcena, but the manuscript is lost.