Lapachu language

{{Short description|Extinct Arawakan language of Bolivia}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Lapachu

| nativename = Apolista, Aguachile

| region = Apolobamba

| states = Bolivia

| ref = Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices

| familycolor = arawakan

| fam1 = Arawakan

| fam2 = Southern

| fam3 = Bolivia–Parana?

| iso3 = none

| glotto = apol1242

| glottorefname = Apolista

| era = attested 1970s

| speakers2 = it is possible there are still a few very old speakers

| ethnicity = Apolista

| map2 = Lang Status 01-EX.svg

| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Apolista is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

| linglist = qa6

}}

Lapachu, also known as Apolista or Aguachile,{{cite thesis |last=Jolkesky |first=Marcelo Pinho de Valhery |date=2016 |url=http://www.etnolinguistica.org/tese:jolkesky-2016-arqueoecolinguistica |title=Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas |type=Ph.D. dissertation |location=Brasília |publisher=University of Brasília |edition=2 |access-date=2020-06-04 |archive-date=2021-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418142223/http://www.etnolinguistica.org/tese:jolkesky-2016-arqueoecolinguistica |url-status=live }}{{rp|315}} is an extinct Arawakan language of Bolivia. Aikhenvald (1999) classifies it together with Terena, Moxos, and related languages. It is not clear from surviving descriptions whether it was one language or two.