Teushen language

Language spoken in Patagonia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 Tierra del Fuego region. The tribe is now extinct.

NativetoArgentina
RegionChubut
EthnicityTehues
Extinctearly 20th century
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Teushen
Tehues (Teuéx)
Native toArgentina
RegionChubut
EthnicityTehues
Extinctearly 20th century
Chonan?
  • Chon proper
    • Continental Chon
      • Teushen
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
0qk
Glottologteus1236
ELPTeushen
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The language is thought to be related to the Selkʼnam, Puelche, and Tehuelche languages. These collectively belong to the Chonan language family.[1]

In the early 19th century, some Tehuelche people also spoke Teushen.[2]

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