Chanduy

/ˈtʃænduːi/ noun

Definition

A South American indigenous group or language family from the Gran Chocó region, or relating to their culture and languages.

Etymology

From the indigenous languages and ethnonyms of South America, specifically referring to peoples of the Chocó region in present-day Colombia. The term entered English anthropological literature through early exploration and ethnographic documentation.

Kelly Says

The Chanduy represent thousands of indigenous groups whose languages disappeared as colonial empires expanded—each lost language took with it unique ways of understanding the world, like an entire library burning at once.

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