Kawésqar (Qawasqar), also known as Alacaluf,[3] is a critically endangered Alacalufan language spoken in southern Chile by the Kawésqar people. Originally part of a small family,[4] only the northern language remains. In 2009, only a handful of elderly people spoke the language, most of whom lived on Wellington Island off the southwest coast of Chile.[2]
The alphabet in use has the following letters: a, æ, c, cꞌ, e, f, h, i, j, k, kꞌ, l, m, n, o, p, pꞌ, q, r, rr, s, t, tꞌ, u, w, x. However, differences are reported between dialects, and some sounds are not represented.
Morphology and syntaxedit
Kawésqar has a complex system of grammatical tense, which includes a basic morphological contrast between future, present, immediate past, recent past, distant past, and mythological past events.
Aguilera Faúndez, Oscar (1978). Léxico Kawesqar-Español, Español-Kawesqar. Boletín de filología (Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras) 29.
Aguilera Faúndez, Óscar (2001): Gramática de la lengua kawésqar. Temuco: Corporación de Desarrollo Indígena.
Clairis, Christos (1987): El qawasqar. Lingüística fueguina. Teoría y descripción. Valdivia: Universidad Austral de Chile [Anejo de Estudios Filológicos 12].
Adelaar, Willem & Muysken, Pieter C. 2004. The Languages of the Andes. Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Referencesedit
^Kawésqar language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Spelling variants include Kaweskar, Kawaskar, Qawashqar, Kaueskar and Alakaluf, Halakwulup, Halakwalip; other names include Tawókser, Aksanás/Aksana and Hekaine.
kawésqar, language, kawésqar, qawasqar, also, known, alacaluf, critically, endangered, alacalufan, language, spoken, southern, chile, kawésqar, people, originally, part, small, family, only, northern, language, remains, 2009, only, handful, elderly, people, sp. Kawesqar Qawasqar also known as Alacaluf 3 is a critically endangered Alacalufan language spoken in southern Chile by the Kawesqar people Originally part of a small family 4 only the northern language remains In 2009 only a handful of elderly people spoke the language most of whom lived on Wellington Island off the southwest coast of Chile 2 KawesqarAlacalufKawesqar QawasqarNative toChileRegionChannel Region western Patagonia Wellington Island off south Chilean coast 49 south with centre in Puerto Eden Ethnicity2 600 Alacaluf people 2002 census 1 Native speakers10 2019 2 Language familyAlacalufan KawesqarLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code alc class extiw title iso639 3 alc alc a Glottologqawa1238ELPKawesqarKawesqar is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World s Languages in DangerThis article contains IPA phonetic symbols Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of Unicode characters For an introductory guide on IPA symbols see Help IPA Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Vowels 1 2 Consonants 2 Alphabet 3 Morphology and syntax 4 See also 5 Bibliography 6 References 7 External linksPhonology editVowels edit Front Central BackClose i uMid e oOpen ae aConsonants edit Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular GlottalNasal m n ŋPlosive Plain p t t ɕ k q ʔEjective pʼ tʼ t ɕʼ kʼFricative f s x hTap flap ɾTrill rApproximant w l jAlphabet editThe alphabet in use has the following letters a ae c cꞌ e f h i j k kꞌ l m n o p pꞌ q r rr s t tꞌ u w x However differences are reported between dialects and some sounds are not represented Morphology and syntax editKawesqar has a complex system of grammatical tense which includes a basic morphological contrast between future present immediate past recent past distant past and mythological past events See also editAlacalufe people List of endangered languages in South America Chichili Love song in KawesqarBibliography editAguilera Faundez Oscar 1978 Lexico Kawesqar Espanol Espanol Kawesqar Boletin de filologia Universidad de Chile Facultad de Filosofia y Letras 29 Aguilera Faundez oscar 2001 Gramatica de la lengua kawesqar Temuco Corporacion de Desarrollo Indigena Clairis Christos 1987 El qawasqar Linguistica fueguina Teoria y descripcion Valdivia Universidad Austral de Chile Anejo de Estudios Filologicos 12 Adelaar Willem amp Muysken Pieter C 2004 The Languages of the Andes Cambridge Language Surveys Cambridge Cambridge University Press References edit Kawesqar language at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required a b Kawesqar www endangeredlanguages com Retrieved 2017 01 24 Spelling variants include Kaweskar Kawaskar Qawashqar Kaueskar and Alakaluf Halakwulup Halakwalip other names include Tawokser Aksanas Aksana and Hekaine Hammarstrom Harald Forke Robert Haspelmath Martin Bank Sebastian eds 2020 Qawasqar Glottolog 4 3 External links editQawasqar dictionary online select simple or advanced browsing Alfabeto Kawesqar Kawesqar SerIndigena Territorio Kawesqar Kawesqar at the World Atlas of Language Structures Online Chilean Languages Collection of Oscar Aguilera and Jose Tonko including recordings and transcriptions of stories myths and conversations in Kawesqar at AILLA Qawasqar Intercontinental Dictionary Series Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kawesqar language amp oldid 1195886784, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
