Teushen language

The Teushen language is an indigenous language of Argentina, which may be extinct. It was spoken by the Teushen people, a nomadic hunter-gatherer people of Patagonia, who lived between the Puelche people to their north and the Tehuelche people to the south, who occupied the central part of the Tierra del Fuego region. The tribe is now extinct.

Teushen
Tehues (Teuéx)
Region	Patagonia
Ethnicity	Teushen people
Extinct	ca. 1950
Language family	Chonan? Chon proper Continental Chon Teushen
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	teus1236
ELP	Teushen

The language is thought to be related to the Selk'nam, Puelche, and Tehuelche languages. These collectively belong to the Chonan language family.

In the early 19th century, some Tehuelche people also spoke Teushen.

See also

• Haush language
• Kawésqar language
• Selknam language
• Tehuelche language
• Yaghan language

References

• Adelaar, Willen F. H. and Pieter Muysken. The languages of the Andes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-521-36275-7.