Chonan languages

Two Chon languages are well attested: Selk'nam (or Ona), spoken by the people of the same name who occupied territory in the northeast of Tierra del Fuego; and Tehuelche spoken by the people of the same name who occupied territory north of Tierra del Fuego.Viegas Barros (2005) attempts to demonstrate that Puelche to the north is related to the Chon languages and would constitute one branch of an extended Chonan family.[2] Based on the scanty evidence that is available, the Het peoples (or at least the Didiuhet) might be speakers of languages within the proposed Puelche branch.If this is correct, the Chon family would be as follows: Ona (Selk'nam) Haush (Manek'enk) Tehuelche Teushen Puelche (Gününa Küne) ?Het (Didiuhet; Taluhet and Chechehet are unattested) Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Patagon (Chonan) languages.
Chono languageChon (disambiguation)PatagoniaExtinctLinguistic classificationMosetén–ChonanISO 639-3GlottologTierra del FuegoSelk'namTehuelcheSelk'nam peopleMartin GusindeAnne ChapmanMapucheAraucanization of Patagoniay WladfaWelsh settlersgenocidesTehuelche languageTeushen languageTeushenPuelcheLyle CampbellHet peoplesLoukotkaSelknamMánekenknTéueshÁonikenLoukotka, ČestmírLanguages of ChileSpanishMapudungunAyacucho QuechuaAymaraChilean QuechuaQuechuaCacánChangoHuillicheKawésqar/AlacalufOna/Selk'namRapa NuiYaghanChilean Sign LanguageAymaranChile–Paraguay–Uruguay SignPolynesianAraucanianAlacalufanQuechuanIndo-Europeanextinct languagesPrimary language familiesAfricaAfroasiaticAustronesianKhoe–KwadiNiger–CongoNilo-SaharanSonghayUbangianBangimeSandaweEuropeAustroasiaticChukotko-KamchatkanDravidianEskaleutGreat AndamaneseHmong–MienHurro-UrartianJaponicKartvelianKoreanicKra–DaiMongolicNortheast CaucasianNorthwest CaucasianSino-TibetanTungusicTurkicTyrsenianUralicYeniseianYukaghirDigaroHrusishKho-BwaMijiicPuroikSiangicBasqueBurushaskiElamiteHatticKenaboiKusundaMinoanNihaliRutulianShompenSumerianTamboraNew Guineathe PacificArai–SamaiaBinanderean–GoilalanBorderBulaka RiverCentral SolomonsChimbu–WahgiDemta–SentaniDoso–TurumsaEast Geelvink BayEast New BritainEast StricklandElemanFoja RangeKaure–KosareKiwaianKutubuanLakes PlainLower MamberamoLower SepikMadangMairasiNorth BougainvillePauwasiSenagiSenu RiverSouth BougainvilleTeberanTorricelliTrans-FlyTrans–New GuineaTurama–KikorianUpper YuatWest PapuanNorthwest PapuanPapuan GulfAbinomnMaybratPawaiaPoromeAustraliaArnhem/Macro-GunwinyguanBunubanDarwin RegionEastern DalyEastern TasmanianGarawanIwaidjanJarrakanMarrku–WurruguMirndiNorthern TasmanianNortheastern TasmanianNyulnyulanPama–NyunganSouthern DalyTangkicWagaydyicWestern DalyWestern TasmanianWorrorranYangmanicWagimanGiimbiyuMalak-MalakNorthAmericaCaddoanChimakuanChinookanChumashanComecrudanCoosanIroquoianKalapuyanMaiduanMuskogeanNa-DenePalaihnihanPlateau PenutianPomoanSalishanShastanSiouanTanoanTsimshianicUto-AztecanWakashanWintuanYukianYuman–CochimíChimarikoEsselenKutenaiSiuslawTakelmaTimucuaTonkawaWaikuriYokutsMesoamericaChibchanJicaqueanLencanMisumalpanMixe–ZoqueOto-MangueanTequistlatecanTotonacanXincanCuitlatecTarascan/PurépechaSouthAmericaAndoque–UrequenaArauanArawakanArutani–SapeBarbacoanCahuapananCaribanCatacaoanChapacuranCharruanGuaicuruanGuajiboanHarákmbut–KatukinanJirajaranJivaroanKatembri–TarumaMascoianMatacoanNadahupNambikwaranOtomákoanPano-TacananPeba–YaguanPiaroa–SalibanTicuna–YuriTimoteanTiniguanTucanoanTupianUru–ChipayaWitotoanYanomamanZamucoanZaparoanBora-WitotoChimuanEsmeralda–YaruroHibito–CholónLule–VilelaMacro-JêTequiraca–CanichanaAikanãCamsáCandoshiChimaneChiquitanoCofánFulniôGuatóHodï/JotiIrantxeItonamaMovimaMura-PirahãPuinaveHuaorani/WaoraniTrumaiUrarinaYamanaYuracaréSignlanguagesBANZSLChineseFrancosignGermanosignIndo-PakistaniJapaneseOriginal ThaiSwedishTanzanianlist of sign languagesConstructed languagesCreolesLanguage isolatesMixed languagesPidginsUnclassified languagesIndigenous language families and isolatesSouth AmericaJe–Tupi–CaribJabutianKamakãKarajáKrenakanMaxakalianJaikóOfayéRikbaktsáKaririanPuríanTarumaGamelaBaenanKatembriPankararúTarairiúWamoéXukurúVenezuelaArutaniOtomacoanYaruroSálibanColombiaAndaquíPaezanAmazonJapuráVaupésBora–WitotoChocoanYurumanguíEsmeraldaSechura–CatacaoCañari–PuruháMochicaPano–TacananHibito–CholonOmuranoMunichiWaoraniTaushiroTequiracaSaparo–YawanPeba–YaguaArawan–Harákmbut–KatukinanArawanHarákmbutKatukinanMatanawíMamoré–GuaporéBororoanCayubabaCanichanaMosetenanKanoêKwazáQuechumaranPuquinaMataco–GuaicuruGuachíPayaguáMascoyanHuarpeanLule–VilelanQawasqaranMacro-AndeanMacro-ArawakanMacro-ChibchanMacro-JibaroMacro-OtomákoanMacro-PaesanMacro-PanoanMacro-PuinaveanMacro-WarpeanEsmeralda–YaruroanMaya–Yunga–ChipayanMoseten–ChonanWamo–ChapakuraAmerindLinguistic areasAmazonianArgentinaBoliviaBrazilEcuadorParaguayGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaLanguagesMarañón River basin