Culli, also spelled Culle, Cullí, or Kulyi, also called Ilinga, is a poorly attested extinct language of the Andean highlands of northern Peru.
Vocabulary Manuscript by Martínez Compañón from the 1700s Words collected by Paul Rivet in 1934 from a 1915 wordlist recorded by priest of Cabana Teodoro Meléndez Gonzales of Pallasca, Department of Ancash, Peru
The following wordlist from the "plan" is taken from the Madrid manuscript. gloss Culli (Martínez Compañón) God yaià man usù woman ahhi soul alma body cuerpu heart chucuàll meat/flesh aycha bone mosčár father quinù mother mamǎ son usu ogǒll daughter ahhi ogǒll brother quimit sister cañi eat miù drink cumù laugh canquiù cry ačasù die čollapù joy cuhi pain pillach death caní sky cielo sun sú moon mùñ stars chuip fire mú wind llucá bird pichuñ earth pús animal animal tree urù trunk mučh-cusǧá branch urù saĝ̌ars flower chuchú fruit huačohú grass paihač water coñ sea quidā riveruramwavescòñpulcasùrainčaufishchalluǎ
glossCulli (Gonzáles)woodgurofirewoodpišoseponchomaikohatmuntuadogkorepneckurowatergoñbird drinking waterpičon-goñlisten!čocandleninahandpuiI want to eat chickenki amberto gual′pebread eaterhuiku-vanadeadkanibreadvanafootmaisandalsmai-vilheadčustomachodre
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