Pilagá

PLG

threatened

Alternate Names: Pilaca

Dialects: Chaco Pilagá (Toba Sur), Toba-Pilagá (Sombrero Negro, Toba del Oeste). Intelligibility between dialects needs investigation.

Genealogy:

Guaykuruan
Southern

Demographics: 4,000 (2004 Foundation for Endangered Languages). Ethnic population: 4,000 (2004).

Language Use: Vitality varies with age, education and frequency of Spanish [spa] use (Crevels 2007). Home. All ages.

Language Development: Dictionary. NT: 1993.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Argentina

Other Comments: Traditional religion.