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Tehuelche language
Tehuelche is a nearly extinct Chon language spoken by four people in [Patagonia] out of an ethnic group of 200. They were originally nomadic hunters from Chile. It is also known as Aonikenk or Aonek'o 'ajen. 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 replaced both as Argentina and Chile took possession of Patagonia.
Clasification
Tehuelche belongs to the Chon family, together with Teushen, Selk'nam and Haush.
References
Fernandez Garay, Ana V. (1997c): Testimonios de los ultimos tehuelches. Buenos Aires: Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Fernandez Garay, Ana V. (1998a): El tehuelche. Una lengua en vias de extincion. Valdivia: Universidad Austral de Chile [Anejos de Estudios Filologicos 15].
Fernandez Garay, Ana V. (2004b): Diccionario tehuelche-espanol / indice espanol-tehuelche. Leiden: University of Leiden [Indigenous Languages of Latin America 4].
Viegas Barros, J. Pedro (2005): Voces en el viento. Raices linguisticas de la Patagonia. Buenos Aires: Mondragon.
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