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| Teushen | |
|---|---|
| Tehues (Teuéx) | |
| Native to | Argentina |
| Region | Chubut |
| Ethnicity | Tehues |
| Extinct | 1970s[1] |
Chonan?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | teus1236 |
| ELP | Teushen |
The Teushen language was an indigenous language of Argentina, possibly now extinct. It was spoken by the Teushen people, a nomadic hunter-gatherer people of Patagonia, who lived between the Puelche people to their north and the Tehuelche people to the south, occupying the central part of the Chubut region; they are now extinct.
The language is related to the Selkʼnam, Gününa Yajüch, and Tehuelche languages. These collectively belong to the Chonan language family.[2]: 556
In the early 19th century, some Tehuelche people also spoke Teushen.[2]: 581
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Clairis, Christos (1985-12-31), "20. Indigenous Languages of Tierra del Fuego", in Klein, Harriet E. Manelis; Stark, Louisa R. (eds.), South American Indian Languages, University of Texas Press, pp. 753–783, doi:10.7560/775923-021, ISBN 978-1-4773-0025-1, retrieved 2026-05-26
- 1 2 Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Muysken, Pieter (2010). The languages of the Andes. Cambridge language surveys (Digitally printed version (with corr.), [Nachdr.] ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.