Manek'enk language
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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

* 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. . * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haush language Chonan languages Extinct languages of South America Fuegian languages Languages extinct in the 1920s