Leco language
Encyclopedia
Leco is a language isolate
that, though long reported to be extinct, is spoken by 20–40 individuals in areas east of Lake Titicaca
, Bolivia
. The Leco ethnic population is about 80.
Language isolate
A language isolate, in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical relationship with other languages; that is, one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common with any other language. They are in effect language families consisting of a single...
that, though long reported to be extinct, is spoken by 20–40 individuals in areas east of Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,811 m above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
. The Leco ethnic population is about 80.
External links
- Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: LEKOhttp://butler.cc.tut.fi/~fabre/BookInternetVersio/Dic=Leko.pdf