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The Alacaluf (also called Halakwulup, Kawésqar, Kaweskar) are a South American people living in Chile in the Strait of Magellan (Brunswick Peninsula, and Wellington, Santa Inés, and Desolación islands), Chile. Their traditional language is known as Kawésqar. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...
The Strait of Magellan is a navigable route immediately south of mainland Chile, South America. ...
Brunswick Peninsula (Spanish: ) is a large peninsula in Magallanes y la Antártica Region, Patagonia, Chile, at . ...
Wellington Island lies in Chile, west of Bernardo OHiggins National Park. ...
Santa Ines is an island in southern Chile, lying south west of the Brunswick Peninsula in the Francisco Coloane Coastal and Marine Protected Area. ...
Kawésqar, also known as Qawasqar, Alacaluf, and Halakwulup, is a language isolate spoken in southern Chile. ...
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They were a nomadic sea-faring people until the twentieth century. Because of their sea culture, the Kawésqar have never farmed the land.
Population They were never very numerous; the total population never reached more than five thousand. In the 1930s the Alacaluf settled on Wellington Island, in the town of Puerto Edén. Today, very few Kawésqar remain. In 2006, only 15 full-blooded members remained. Lessons on Kawésqar are part of the local curriculum but very few speakers of the language remain.
Tribes and languages Adwipliin, Aksánas, Alacaluf, Cálen (Cálenches, Calenes,), Caucahue, Enoo, Lecheyel, Taíjataf (Tayataf), Yequinahuere (Yequinahue, Yekinauer).
See also Kawésqar, also known as Qawasqar, Alacaluf, and Halakwulup, is a language isolate spoken in southern Chile. ...
External links - Kawésqar Community
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, Alacaluf - full access article
- Los Alacalufes
- Los indios Alacalufes (o Kawésqar)
- Photo Gallery
Living languages
Ayacucho Quechua · Central Aymara · Chilean Quechua · Chilean Sign Language · Huilliche · Mapudungun · Quechua · Rapa Nui · Spanish
Extinct and endangered langauges
Kawésqar/Alacaluf · Kunza · Ona/Selknam · Tehuelche · Yaghan
Language families
Aymaran · Chon · Malayo-Polynesian · Quechuan · Romance Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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Kawésqar, also known as Qawasqar, Alacaluf, and Halakwulup, is a language isolate spoken in southern Chile. ...
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The Aymaran languages are a South American language family. ...
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The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ...
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