Puquina language
| Puquina | |
|---|---|
| Pukina | |
| Pukina juyai | |
| Native to | Bolivia, Peru |
| Region | Lake Titicaca |
| Ethnicity | Tiwanaku |
| Extinct | early 19th century |
Puquina
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | puq |
| Glottolog | puqu1242 |
Pukina language distribution around 1600 CE, Pukina toponyms, and pre-Inca Pukina ethnicities | |
Puquina (or Pukina) is an extinct language once spoken in the region surrounding Lake Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia) and in the north of Chile. It is often associated with the culture that built Tiwanaku.
A Puquina substrate can be found in the Quechuan and Spanish languages spoken in the south of Peru, mainly in Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna, as well as in Bolivia. There also seem to be remnants in the Kallawaya language, which may be a mixed language formed from Quechuan languages and Puquina.
Sometimes the term Puquina is used for the Uru language, which is distinctly different.