Yagan
Also Known As
Yahgan; Yaghan; Yamana; Yámana; Yamaná; Tequenica; Yapoo; Yagán; Háusi Kúta;
Classification
Isolate; South American
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Language code (ISO 639-3)
yag
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Overview
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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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1
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Ethnic Population
1,685 / 70
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Today only one elderly female speaker of Yahgan remains in Villa Ukika on Isla Navarino.
Year of info
2012
Location and Context
Countries
Chile
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Year of info
2010
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Coordinates
-55.0028,-67.4615
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Ethnic Population
100
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Ethnic population data: (W. Adelaar 2000) (unchanged, 2016.)
Year of info
2009
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Chile;
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Year of info
2005
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-55.0,-68.0
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
- La clasificación de las lenguas Patagónicas: Revisión de la tesis del grupo lingüístico "Andino Meridional" de Joseph H.~GreenbergViegas Barros, Pedro. 1994. "La Clasificación De Las Lenguas Patagónicas: Revisión De La Tesis Del Grupo Lingüístico "Andino Meridional" De Joseph H.~Greenberg." In Cuadernos del Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano, 15: 167-184.
- Revitalization of Kawésqar and Yaghan in Magallanes (Chile) Governmental Actions Towards the Rescue of two Endangered Fueguian LanguagesAguilera A., Nelson. 2001. "Revitalization of Kawésqar and Yaghan in Magallanes (Chile) Governmental Actions Towards the Rescue of Two Endangered Fueguian Languages." In Lectures on Endangered Languages: 2 -- From Kyoto Conference 2000, C-002: 223-236. Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim, Faculty of Informatics, Osaka Gakuin University.
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