Tehuelche language
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| Tehuelche | ||
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| Spoken in: | Argentina | |
| Total speakers: | 4 | |
| Language family: | Tehuelche |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | teh | |
| ISO 639-3: | teh | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Tehuelche is a nearly extinct Chon language spoken by 4 people in Argentina out of an ethnic group of 200. They are originally nomatic hunters from Chile. It is also known as Aoniken, Gunua-Kena, Gununa-Kena, and Inaquén. The decline of the language started with the Araucanization of Patagonia, when many Tehuelche tribes adopted Mapudungun as main language. Later during the XIX and XX century Spanish language replaced both as Argentina and Chile took possession of the Patagonia.
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