Alacalufan languages

Alacalufan languages

Infobox Language family
name=Alacalufan
region=Chile
familycolor=American
fam1=no proven relationships
child1=Kakauhua
child2=Kawésqar

The Alacalufan languages have not been definitely linked to any other American language family. [Lyle Campbell. 1997. "American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America". Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Willem F.H. Adelaar and Pieter C. Muysken. 2004. "The Languages of the Andes". Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
] Kakauhua is extinct and Kawésqar is highly endangered. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

Notes

References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91395 Ethnologue entry for Alacalufan languages]


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