Tehuelche is a nearly extinct Chon language spoken by 4 people in Argentina out of an ethnic group of 200. They are originally nomatic hunters from Chile. It is also known as Aoniken, Gunua-Kena, Gununa-Kena, and Inaquén. Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone meaning sound, voice) is the study of sounds and the human voice. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
As it is intended to serve as a linguistic dictionary, the Tehuelche lexemes are described phonologically, grammatically and semantically by means of a metalanguage.
In view of the state of imminent disappearance of the language and the culture of the ethnic group, it was deemed necessary to document all ethnographic data that could be found.
This collection is intended to contribute to the study of the indigenous languages of South America, and to further the interest in the highly endangered linguistic heritage of this underdocumented part of the world.
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