Colan language explained

Colán
Extinct:	?
Region:	Piura Region
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Sechura–Catacao?
Fam2:	Catacaoan
Iso3:	none
Glotto:	cola1238
Linglist:	qsb
States:	Peru
Nativename:	South American Indian languages: Kolán
Map:	File:Catacao.svg
Mapcaption:	Map of all Catacaoan languages, with Colan in the middle of the yellow area
Fam3:	Tallán

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]

Notes and References

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