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Yagán (originally Yahgan, but also now spelled Yaghan, Jagan, Iakan), also known as Yámana, Háusi Kúta, and Yagankuta, is one of the indigenous languages of Tierra del Fuego, spoken by the Yaghan people. It is regarded as a language isolate, although some linguists have attempted to relate it to Kawésqar and Chono. Yahgan was also spoken briefly on Keppel Island in the Falkland Islands at a missionary settlement. Following the death of 84-year-old Emelinda Acuña (1921 – October 12, 2005), only one native speaker remains, Cristina Calderón of Villa Ukika on Navarino Island, Chile . Calderón (often referred to as simply Abuela) is the sister-in-law of Acuña. In 2017, Chile's National Corporation of Indigenous Development convened a workshop to plan an educational curriculum in the Yagán language, and in June 2019 it plans to inaugurate a language nest in the community of Bahía Mejillones, near Puerto Williams. The government is also funding the publication of a "concise and illustrated dictionary" of the Yagán language.
References
- Salas, Adalberto, y Valencia, Alba (1990): "El fonetismo del yámana o yagán. Una nota en lingüística de salvataje". Revista de Lingüística Teórica y Applicada, Concepción, vol. 28, pp. 147–169.
- "Alfabeto Lengua Yagán". Uchile.cl. http://www.uchile.cl/cultura/lenguas/yaganes/alfabeto.html.
- Tauber, Jess. “8 - Yahgan Orthography for the list”. 24 April 2004. Retrieved on 04 abril 2017. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/waata_chis/conversations/messages/8
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- "Pueblos Originarios – Territorio Yagán". SerIndigena. http://www.serindigena.org/territorios/yagan/len_yam1.htm.
- Bridges, Thomas; Gusinde, Martin; Hestermann, Ferdinand (1933) (in en). Yamana-English, a Dictionary of the speech of Tierra del Fuego, by the Reverend Thomas Bridges, ... edited by Dr. Ferdinand Hestermann and Dr. Martin Gusinde.. (Mödling: Missionsdruckerei St. Gabriel. OCLC 458712562. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/458712562
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