| (documentation QawasqarLanguage EnglishLanguage "The QawasqarLanguage is an AlacalufanLanguage of Chile. SIL code: ALC. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 20 including 10 in Puerto Edin (1996 Oscar Aguilera). Region: Channel region, western Patagonia, Isle of Wellington off south Chilean coast, 49 degrees south with center in Puerto Edin. Speakers of the extinct Aksanas dialect also lived in Puerto Eden. Alternate names: KAWESKAR, KAWESQAR, ALACALUFE, ALACALUF, HALAKWULUP. Dialects: AKSANAS (AKSANA). Comments: Reports are that speakers are not bilingual in Spanish (Christos Clairis, M. Ruhlen 1987, personal communication). They are 20% monolingual in Qawasqar (O. Aguilera 1996, personal communication. The youngest speakers are from 3 to 20 years old (1996). Speakers have positive language attitudes. J. Suarez says Aksanas vocabulary differences might be explained by word taboo. Dictionary. Grammar. Fishermen.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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