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. The Haush were considered the oldest inhabitants of
Tierra del Fuego; they inhabited the far eastern tip of the
Mitre Peninsula
Mitre Peninsula is the easternmost part of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, located in the very southeast of the island, with its easternmost point, Cabo San Diego, 29 km northwest of Isla de los Estados, from which it is separated by Le M ...
. They made regular hunting trips to
Isla de los Estados.
Before 1850, an estimated 300 people spoke Haush. The last speaker of Haush died around 1920 and the language is considered extinct.
Haush is considered to be related to the
Selknam,
Gününa Yajich
Puelche was a language formerly spoken by the Puelche people in the Pampas region of Argentina. The language is also known as ''Gününa Küne'', Gennaken (Guenaken), Northern Tehuelche, ''Gününa Yajich'', Ranquelche, and Pampa.
Classificatio ...
,
Teushen, and
Tehuelche languages, which collectively belong to the
Chonan language family.
[Adelaar and Muysken 556]
See also
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Yaghan language
*
Selknam language
*
Kawésqar language
Notes
References
*Adelaar, Willen F. H. and Pieter Muysken
''The languages of the Andes.''Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. .
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Chonan languages
Extinct languages of South America
Fuegian languages
Languages extinct in the 1920s