The Teushen language is an
indigenous language of Argentina and may be extinct. It was spoken by the
Teushen people, a nomadic
hunter-gatherer
A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived Lifestyle, lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, esp ...
people of
Patagonia
Patagonia () is a geographical region that includes parts of Argentina and Chile at the southern end of South America. The region includes the southern section of the Andes mountain chain with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers ...
, who lived between the
Puelche people to their north and the
Tehuelche people
The Tehuelche people, also called the Aónikenk, are an Indigenous people from eastern Patagonia in South America. In the 18th and 19th centuries the Tehuelche were influenced by Mapuche people, and many adopted a horseriding lifestyle. Once a ...
to the south, who occupied the central part of the Tierra del Fuego region. The tribe is now extinct.
The language is thought to be related to the
Selkʼnam,
Puelche, and
Tehuelche languages. These collectively belong to the
Chonan language family.
In the early 19th century, some
Tehuelche people
The Tehuelche people, also called the Aónikenk, are an Indigenous people from eastern Patagonia in South America. In the 18th and 19th centuries the Tehuelche were influenced by Mapuche people, and many adopted a horseriding lifestyle. Once a ...
also spoke Teushen.
[Adelaar and Muysken, p. 581]
See also
*
Haush language
*
Kawésqar language
*
Selkʼnam language
*
Tehuelche language
*
Yaghan language
Notes
References
*Adelaar, Willen F. H. and Pieter Muysken
''The languages of the Andes'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. .
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Fuegian languages
Chonan languages
Extinct languages of South America
Indigenous languages of the South American Cone
Languages of Argentina
Languages extinct in the 1950s