Haush language
The Haush language (also Manek'enk) was an indigenous language spoken by the Haush people and was formerly spoken on the island of Tierra del Fuego.[2] The Haush were considered the oldest inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego; they inhabited the far eastern tip of the Mitre Peninsula on the island. They made regular hunting trips to Isla de los Estados.
Haush | |
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Manek'enk | |
Region | Argentina |
Ethnicity | Haush people |
Extinct | people extinct ca. 1920 |
Chonan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
qoa | |
Glottolog | haus1240 [1] |
Before 1850, an estimated 300 people spoke Haush.[3] The last speaker of Haush died around 1920 and the language is considered extinct.[4]
Haush is considered to be related to the Selknam, Gününa Yajich, Teushen, and Tehuelche languages, which collectively belong to the Chonan language family.[5]
P'all is a Haush word that means "(to be) black."[6]
See also
- Yaghan language
- Selknam language
- Kawésqar language
Notes
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Haush". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Adelaar and Muysken 41
- Adelaar and Muysken 555
- Adelaar and Muysken 554
- Adelaar and Muysken 556
- Adelaar and Muysken 559
References
- Adelaar, Willen F. H. and Pieter Muysken. The languages of the Andes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.
- Furlong, Charles Wellington (December 1915). "The Haush And Ona, Primitive Tribes Of Tierra Del Fuego". Proceedings Of The Nineteenth International Congress Of Americanists: 432–444. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
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