Teteté language

Teteté
Tetete
Native toEcuador, Colombia
EthnicityTeteté people
Extinctafter 1980
Tucanoan
  • Western
    • Napo
      • Siona–Secoya
        • Teteté
Language codes
ISO 639-3teb
Glottologsion1247  Siona-Tetete
tete1252  (retired)
ELPTeteté
Tetete is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Teteté is an extinct Tucanoan language that was spoken in Ecuador close to the Ecuador-Colombia border. It was also formerly spoken in Colombia, but is now extinct in both countries. It was spoken by the indigenous Tetete people, who did not survive the twentieth century.

Tetete is close to the Secoya language.

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