Alacalufan languages
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The Alacalufan languages are a small language family
of South America. They have not been definitely linked to any other American language family.
Kakauhua
is extinct and Kawésqar
is highly endangered.
Language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term 'family' comes from the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a...
of South America. They have not been definitely linked to any other American language family.
Kakauhua
Kakauhua language
Kakauhua is an extinct Alacalufan language formerly spoken in Chile. - References :*...
is extinct and Kawésqar
Kawésqar language
Kawésqar is an Alacalufan language spoken in southern Chile by the Kawésqar people. Originally there were several distinct dialects...
is highly endangered.