| Haush | |
|---|---|
| Manekʼenk | |
| Native to | Argentina |
| Region | Mitre Peninsula |
| Ethnicity | Haush people |
| Extinct | c. 1920 |
Moseten–Chonan ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
qoa | |
| Glottolog | haus1240 |
 Haush | |
TheHaush language (alsoManekʼenk) was anindigenous language spoken by theHaush people and was formerly spoken on the island ofTierra del Fuego.[1] The Haush were considered the oldest inhabitants ofTierra del Fuego; at the time of first European contact, they inhabited the far eastern tip of theMitre Peninsula.
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 theSelkʼnam,Gününa Yajich,Teushen, andTehuelche languages, which collectively belong to theChonan language family.[4]
Carlo Luigi Spegazzini (1899) cites the following Haush vocabulary.
| Haush | English |
|---|---|
| ča(a)wataʔ | small mushroom |
| se | wife |
| maʔčaju- | young man |
| kotek | to whistle |
| k’ero | small hawk |
| t’elk’en | child |
CER:certitiveDEI1:deictic of minimum distanceDEI3:deictic of maximum distanceINFR:informality positional classifierDISP:displacement positional classifier
anan
canoe
k-as-pe-nk
naʔ
anan k-as-pe-nk naʔ
canoe AN-inside-be(.sitting)-CER.M DEI1
'He is in the canoe.'[6]
kar
something
o(n)
a(a)
for
t’a-Ø
eat-INF
kar k-ʔaj-Ø o(n) a(a) t’a-Ø
something AN-give-IMP INFR for eat-INF
'Give me something to eat.'[7]