Kawésqar language

Kawésqar language

language
name=Kawésqar
familycolor=American
states=Chile
region=Channel Region, western Patagonia, Wellington Island off south Chilean coast, 49° south, with centre in Puerto Edén.
speakers=22 or fewer
fam1=Alacalufan
iso2=sai|iso3=alc

Kawésqar (also known as Qawasqar [ISO 639-3] , Alacaluf, Halakwulup, Kaweskar, Alakaluf, Kawaskar, Kawesqar, Qawashqar, Halakwalip, Hekaine, Kaueskar, Aksanás) is an Alacalufan language spoken in southern Chile by the Kawésqar people. Originally there were several distinct dialects. Kakauhua is sometimes listed as a dialect, but is usually listed as a separate language, as in ISO 639-3 and Ethnologue. The language family containing these two languages is known as Alacalufan. Only about 20 speakers remain, half of them on Wellington Island, off the southwestern coast of Chile.

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

Writing System

The alphabet in use is as follows [http://www.serindigena.cl/jump/jump.cgi?www.kawesqar.uchile.cl] : a, æ, c, c', e, f, h, i, j, k, k', l, m, n, o, p, p', q, r, rr, s, t, t', u, w, x. However, there are reported to be differences between dialects, and some sounds that are not represented here.

Morphology and syntax

Kawésqar has a complex system of grammatical tense, which includes a basic morphological contrast between future, present, immediate past, recent past, distant past, and mythological past events.

Pronoun

Noun

Verb

ee also

* Alacaluf

Bibliography

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=alc Ethnologue entry for Qawasqar]
* Aguilera Faúndez, Óscar (2001): Gramática de la lengua kawésqar. Temuco: Corporación de Desarrollo Indígena.
* Clairis, Christos (1987): El qawasqar. Lingüística fueguina. Teoría y descripción. Valdivia: Universidad Austral de Chile [Anejo de Estudios Filológicos 12] .
* Pieter C. Muysken. 2004. "The Languages of the Andes". Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

External links

* [http://www.serindigena.cl/jump/jump.cgi?www.kawesqar.uchile.cl Kawésqar]
* [http://www.serindigena.cl/jump/jump.cgi?www.kawesqar.uchile.cl Lengua Kawésqar]
* [http://www.serindigena.cl/territorios/kawesqar/territorio_kawesqar.htm SerIndigena - Territorio Kawesqar]


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