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Classification: Chonan
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Selknam, Selk'nam, Shelknam, Aona, Island Chonan, Selk'nam, Chon, Island Chon language area |
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Chonan, Island Chonan |
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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter
Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter
Whereas in 1880 the Selk’nam ethnic group consisted of about 4,000 members, there were only two direct descendents left in 1980. Today the language is extinct.
Information from: “Lingüística areal: las construcciones aplicativas en algunas lenguas patagónicas” (1-13 ch. Lingüística areal: las construcciones aplicativas en algunas lenguas patagónicas) . Fernández Garay, Ana (2012)
Los selknam u onas, cuya lengua se extingue hacia fines del siglo XX.
[The Selknam or Onas, whose language became extinct towards the end of the 20th century.]
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
No known L1 speakers (Crevels 2007). The ethnic group disintegrated by early 20th century; last speakers died in the 1970s (Crevels 2007) (2013).
Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego.
Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press