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Documenting Kawesqar, the last spoken Fueguian language
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

7

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Ethnic Population

200

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Kawesqar is spoken today by only 7 persons as a first language in their daily interaction. There is a small number of urban semi-speakers who rarely speak the language and use only Spanish as their means of communication, and more than 200 Kawesqar-descendants whose mother tongue is Spanish.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Tierra del Fuego, Chile

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Spanish

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

20

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2010

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-49.6391,-74.3554

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

12

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Ethnic Population

2,620

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Year of info

2013

Location and Context

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Chile;

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West Patagonia, Channel region, Isle of Wellington off south Chilean coast, 49 degrees south

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West Patagonia, Channel region, Isle of Wellington off south Chilean coast, 49 degrees south

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20

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2,622

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Year of info

2012

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Chile

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2005

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-49.0,-75.0

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20

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    Clairis, Christos. 1985. "El Qawasqar: Lingüística Fueguina, Teoría Y Descripción." 12: Valdivia: Universidad Austral de Chile.
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  13. Manual para la Enseñanza de la Lengua Kawésqar
    F., Oscar E. Aguilera and José S. Tonko P. 2005-2006. "Manual Para La Enseñanza De La Lengua Kawésqar." CONADI.
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    Aguilera 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.
  16. Gramática de la lengua Kawésqar
    F., Oscar E. Aguilera. 2001. "Gramática De La Lengua Kawésqar." Temuco: Corporación de Desarrollo Indígena.
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