Kawésqar language
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Kawésqar (Qawasqar), also known as Alacaluf,[3] is a critically endangered Alacalufan language spoken in southern Chile by the Kawésqar people. Originally part of a small family,[4] only the northern language remains. In 2009, only a handful of elderly people spoke the language, most of whom lived on Wellington Island off the southwest coast of Chile.[2]
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Kawésqar | |
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Alacaluf | |
Kawésqar, Qawasqar | |
Native to | Chile |
Region | Channel Region, western Patagonia, Wellington Island off south Chilean coast, 49° south, with centre in Puerto Edén. |
Ethnicity | 2,600 Alacaluf people (2002 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 10 (2019)[2] |
Alacalufan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | alc |
Glottolog | qawa1238 |
ELP | Kawésqar |
Kawésqar is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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