Teushen language

Teushen
Tehues (Teuéx)
Region	Patagonia
Ethnicity	Teushen people
Extinct	early 20th century
Language family	Chonan? Chon proper Continental Chon Teushen
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	0qk
Glottolog	teus1236
ELP	Teushen

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.

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]

See also

• Haush language
• Kawésqar language
• Selkʼnam language
• Tehuelche language
• Yaghan language

Notes

1. Adelaar and Muysken 556
2. Adelaar and Muysken, p. 581

References

• Adelaar, Willen F. H. and Pieter Muysken. The languages of the Andes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN   978-0-521-36275-7.