Chaná (endonym: ''Chañá'' or ''Yañá'') were one of the native nations of

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and

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. Their native language is

Chaná language The Chaná language (autoglossonym: ''Lanték'', that means "''speak"'' or "''language"; and this, from'' ''lan'', "tongue" and ''tek'', a communicative suffix) is one of the Charruan languages spoken by the Chaná people in what is now Argenti ...

(''lantek yañá''). Their culture was semi-nomadic. After the arrival of Europeans and the introduction of cattle, they started using leather for dressing.

Legacy

Their name was kept in a well-known local coffee brand, "Café El Chaná". A street in Montevideo (Cordón) bears the name "Chaná".

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* Indigenous peoples in Uruguay History of Uruguay Indigenous peoples of the Southern Cone {{Uruguay-hist-stub

Legacy

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