Endangered Languages Project - Gününa-Küne

Gününa-Küne

^{[aka Gününa-Küne, Gennaken, Northern Tehuelche]}

Classification: Isolate

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dormant

ALSO KNOWN AS		Gününa-Küne, Gennaken, Northern Tehuelche, Pampa, Gününa Yajich, Guenaken, Pehuelche, Puelche
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, South American
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pue
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Gününa-Küne (Gennaken, Northern Tehuelche, Puelche, Pampa, Gününa Yajich). Ethnologue lists this as Puelche [pue] (Gennaken, Northern Tehuelche, Pampa).

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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

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,585
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The language has been dormant since 1960-1970.

PLACES: Argentina, Chile

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The last known native speaker died in 1960.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
No known L1 speakers. The last L1 speaker was Trruúlmani, a woman who died in 1934 (2013).

PLACES: Argentina;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Pampas, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Buenos Aires.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Pampas, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Buenos Aires.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press