The Haush language (also Manek'enk) was an indigenous language spoken by the Haush people and was formerly spoken on the island of Tierra del Fuego.[1] The Haush were considered the oldest inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego; they inhabited the far eastern tip of the Mitre Peninsula. They made regular hunting trips to Isla de los Estados.
Before 1850, an estimated 300 people spoke Haush.[2] The last speaker of Haush died around 1920 and the language is considered extinct.[3]
Haush is considered to be related to the Selk'nam, Gününa Yajich, Teushen, and Tehuelche languages, which collectively belong to the Chonan language family.[4]
Vocabulary
Carlo Luigi Spegazzini (1899) cites the following Haush vocabulary.[5]
Words
| Haush | English |
|---|---|
| ča(a)wataʔ | small mushroom |
| se | wife |
| maʔčaju- | young man |
| kotek | to whistle |
| k’ero | small hawk |
| t’elk’en | child |
Phrases
| Haush | English |
|---|---|
| asi n a-ma: čeʔne-s | Who's coming? |
| anan k-as-pe-nk naʔ | He is in the canoe |
| hajketa(s) sola-n(k) | He is strong |
| a-ma(a) henk čeʔne-s | A man comes |
| naʔ pe-j ma(a) n | Sit here |
| ma(a) (a)jam-i so:l | You, light the fire |
| asa ma(a) k-ameč’-i k’om-nk | Why won't you grab? |
| kar k-ʔaj-Ø o(n) a(a) t’a-Ø | Give me something to eat |
See also
Notes
- ^ Adelaar and Muysken 41
- ^ Adelaar and Muysken 555
- ^ Adelaar and Muysken 554
- ^ Adelaar and Muysken 556
- ^ Spegazzini, Carlo Lugi (2019). "Un manuscrito de Carlos Spegazzini con datos inéditos sobre la lengua haush". Indiana - Estudios Antropológicos Sobre América Latina y el Caribe. 36 (2): 101–128. doi:10.18441/ind.v36i2.101-128.
References
- Adelaar, Willen F. H. and Pieter Muysken. The languages of the Andes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.
- Furlong, Charles Wellington (December 1915). "The Haush And Ona, Primitive Tribes Of Tierra Del Fuego". Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Congress of Americanists: 432–444. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
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