Haush language

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Haush
Manekʼenk
Native toArgentina
RegionMitre Peninsula
EthnicityHaush people
Extinctc. 1920
Moseten–Chonan ?
  • Chonan
    • Chon proper
      • Island Chon
        • Haush
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qoa
Glottologhaus1240
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  Haush

The Haush language (also Manekʼenk) was an indigenous language spoken by the Haush people and was formerly spoken on the island of Tierra del Fuego.[1] The Haush were considered the oldest inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego; at the time of first European contact, they inhabited the far eastern tip of the Mitre Peninsula.

Before 1850, an estimated 300 people spoke Haush.[2] The last speaker of Haush died around 1920 and the language is considered extinct.[3]

Haush is considered to be related to the Selkʼnam, Gününa Yajich, Teushen, and Tehuelche languages, which collectively belong to the Chonan language family.[4]

Vocabulary

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Carlo Luigi Spegazzini (1899) cites the following Haush vocabulary.

Words

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[5]
Haush English
ča(a)wataʔ small mushroom
se wife
maʔčaju- young man
kotek to whistle
k’ero small hawk
t’elk’en child

Phrases

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anan

canoe

k-as-pe-nk

AN-inside-be(.sitting)-CER.M

naʔ

DEI1

anan k-as-pe-nk naʔ

canoe AN-inside-be(.sitting)-CER.M DEI1

'He is in the canoe.'[6] Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);

hajketa(s)

3

sola-n(k)

be.strong-CER.M

hajketa(s) sola-n(k)

3 be.strong-CER.M

'He is strong.'[6] Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);

asi

INTERR

n

?

a-ma:

DISP-DEI3

čeʔne-s

come-DUB

asi n a-ma: čeʔne-s

INTERR ? DISP-DEI3 come-DUB

'Who's coming?'[6] Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);

a-ma(a)

DISP-DEI3

henk

man

čeʔne-s

come-DUB

a-ma(a) henk čeʔne-s

DISP-DEI3 man come-DUB

'A man comes.'[7] Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);

naʔ

DEI1

pe-j

be(.sitting)-IMP

ma(a)

2

n

?

naʔ pe-j ma(a) n

DEI1 be(.sitting)-IMP 2 ?

'Sit here.'[7] Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);

ma(a)

2

(a)jam-i

light-IMP

so:l

fire

ma(a) (a)jam-i so:l

2 light-IMP fire

'You, light the fire.'[7]

asa ma(a)

why

k-ameč’-i

AN-grab-INF

k’om-nk

AUX.NEG-CER.M

{asa ma(a)} k-ameč’-i k’om-nk

why AN-grab-INF AUX.NEG-CER.M

'Why won't you grab?'[7] Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);

kar

something

k-ʔaj-Ø

AN-give-IMP

o(n)

INFR

a(a)

for

t’a-Ø

eat-INF

kar k-ʔaj-Ø o(n) a(a) t’a-Ø

something AN-give-IMP INFR for eat-INF

'Give me something to eat.'[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Adelaar & Muysken 2004, p. 41.
  2. ^ Adelaar & Muysken 2004, p. 555.
  3. ^ Adelaar & Muysken 2004, p. 554.
  4. ^ Adelaar & Muysken 2004, p. 556.
  5. ^ Spegazzini 2019, p. 113.
  6. ^ a b c Spegazzini 2019, pp. 115.
  7. ^ a b c d e Spegazzini 2019, pp. 116.

Bibliography

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