Yaghan language

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Yaghan/Yámana (Háusi Kúta)
Spoken in:	Chile
Region:	Tierra del Fuego
Total speakers:	2
Ranking:	Not in top 100
Genetic classification:	Language isolate
Official status
Official language of:	-
Regulated by:	-
Language codes
ISO 639-1	-
ISO 639-2	-
SIL	YAG
See also: Language – List of languages

Yagán, also known as Yámana, Yaghan, and Háusi Kúta, is one of the indigenous languages of Tierra del Fuego, spoken by the Yagán people. It is regarded as a language isolate, although some linguists have attempted to relate it to Kawésqar and Chon. Only two elderly speakers remain, though there is reportedly some interest in reviving the language among Yagán descendants. Along with other Fuegian languages, it was among the first South American languages to be recorded by European explorers and missionaries.

1 Phonology
2 Grammar
3 Bibliography
4 See also
5 External links

Phonology

There are many analyses of the phonological system of Yamana, they differ in many details from one another.

The older analysis is from the XIX century (prephonological era) and corresponds to Thomas Bridges(1894); from the middle of the XX century Haudricourt (1952)and Homer (1953); towardds the end of the XX century, the last phonological studied where made on this moribund language: Guerra Eissmann (1990), Salas y Valencia (1990)and Aguilera (2000).

Vowels

Bridges (1894) a e i o u ə (schwa) a: e: i: o: u:

Haudricourt (1952) a ə (schwa) i u a: ə: (schwa) i: u:

Holmer (1953) a ə (schwa) i u

Diphthongs

Bridges (1894) ai au iu: oi ui:

Consonants

Bridges (1894) b č d f g h hl hn hr hw hy j k l m n ng p r rr rri s š t tr ts

The alphabet in use is as follows [1]: a, æ, ch, e, ö, f, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, š, t, u, w, x

Grammar

Pronouns

Nouns

Verbs

Bibliography

Aguilera Faúndez, Óscar (2000): "En torno a la estructura fonologica del yagán. Fonología de la palabra". Onomazein, Santiago, vol. 5, pp. 233—241.

Bridges, Thomas (1894): "A few notes on the structure of Yahgan". Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Londres, vol. 23, pp. 53—80.

Golbert de Goodbar, Perla (1977): "Yagan I. Las partes de la oración". Vicus, Amsterdam, vol. 1, pp. 5—60.

Golbert de Goodbar, Perla (1978): "Yagan II. Morfología nominal". Vicus, Amsterdam, vol. 2, pp. 87—101.

Guerra Eissmann, Ana M. (1990): "Esbozo fonológico del yagán", en Actas del Octavo Seminario Nacional de Investigación y Enseñanza de la Lingüística. Santiago: Universidad de Chile y Sociedad Chilena de Lingüística, vol. V, pp. 88—93.

Guerra Eissmann, Ana M. (1992): "Las fluctuaciones de fonemas en el yagán". Revista de Lingüística Teórica y Aplicada, Concepción, vol. 30, pp. 171—182.

Haudricourt, André (1952): "Yamana", en Antoine Meillet y Marcel Cohen (eds.): Les langues du monde. París: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, pp. 1196—1198.

Holmer, Nils M. (1953): "Apuntes comparados sobre la lengua de los yaganes (Tierra del Fuego)". Revista de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Montevideo, vol. 10, pp. 193—223, y vol. 11 (1954), pp. 121—142.

Salas, Adalberto, y Valencia, Alba (1990): "El fonetismo del yámana o yagán. Una nota en lingüística de salvataje". Revista de Lingüística Teórica y Aplicada, Concepción, vol. 28, pp. 147—169.