Colán (Kolán) is an extinct language of Peru. It is considered to be a dialect of Tallán. There is tentative lexical suggestion of relation to the Sechuran languages, but there is not enough data to confirm this.[1][2]

Colán
Kolán
Native toPeru
RegionPiura Region
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qsb
Glottologcola1238
Map of all Catacaoan languages, with Colan in the middle of the yellow area

References

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  1. ^ Urban, Matthias. 2019. Lost languages of the Peruvian North Coast. Estudios Indiana 12. Berlin: Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (Preußischer Kulturbesitz) & Gebr. Mann Verlag.
  2. ^ Adelaar, Willem F. H. & Pieter C. Muysken. 2004. The Languages of the Andes. (Cambridge Language Surveys, 117.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xxv+718pp.