Before its speakers switched to Spanish, Celedón (1892) managed to compile a brief dictionary.
Despite being so poorly attested, Atanque clearly belongs to the Arwako subgroup of Chibcha.
[2] Traces of Atanque are also preserved in toponyms recorded in the region of Sierra Nevada.
[3] Suffixes like -ka "place, site" (e.g. in Susungá-ka, Chingá-ka, Kankuá-ka) or -kua "bower" (e.g. in Birintu-kua, Risátu-kua, Kamíntu-kua) are diagnostic of an Atanque source.
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