Tehuelche

Primary tabs

Aonek’enk, Aoniken, Gunua-Kena, Gununa-Kena, Inaquen, Patagón, Tewelche

1 (2012 ELP). Ethnic population: 10,600 (2004 INDEC).

Chubut province.

8b (Nearly extinct).

25 consonants and 6 vowels (3 short, 3 long).

Have assimilated with the Mapuche [arn] (Mapudungun). Elderly only. Shifted to Mapudungun [arn].

Dictionary. Grammar.

Unwritten [Qaax].

From Chile.