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Preferred term

alcQawasqar  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Kawésqar (also known as Qawasqar [ISO 639-3], Alacaluf, Halakwulup, Kaweskar, Alakaluf, Kawaskar, Kawesqar, Qawashqar, Halakwalip, Hekaine, Kaueskar, Aksana, 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.

Entry terms

  • Kawésqar language

ISO 639-3 code

  • alc

In other languages

  • Kawaskareg

    Breton

  • Qawasqar jezik

    Croatian

  • Kawésqar

    Dutch

  • Kawésqar

    French

  • Lenga qawasqar

    Piedmontese

  • Língua kawésqar

    Portuguese

  • Idioma kawésqar

    Spanish

  • Swedish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/alc

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