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Southern South America
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Southern South America
Language Hotspot
- Southern Cone
The Southern South America Language Hotspot is found in two
discontinuous sections in the southern half of the South
American continent. The northern part covers the
Chaco-Pantanal region that stretches from southeastern
Bolivia, southwestern and southern Brazil across Paraguay to
northern Argentina. The southern portion covers the Southern
Cone region of southern Chile and southern Argentina.
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Tsesungun
The critically endangered Tsesungun
variety of the Huilliche [huh] language
has only a handful of speakers remaining
in the region of San Juan de la Costa in
Osorno Province, southern Chile, found
in such villages as Choroy Traiguen.
Tsesungun belongs to the tiny Araucanian
language family, and while closely
related to the better known Mapudungun
language, the two speech varieties are
not mutually intelligible. Living
Tongues made a visit to the Tsesungun
community in January 2011 to assess its
current state, use, and vitality, and to
see how we might be able to support
indigneous language revitalization
efforts. Tsesungun language activist and
teacher Don Anselmo Ancapichun-Nuyado is
our primary Tsesungun consultant.
According to Don Anselmo, the total
number of Tsesungun speakers likely
stands at under 20.
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Hullichesungun
On Chiloé Island, southern Chile, the
Huillichesungun variety of Huilliche is
still maintained by a handful of
speakers. Despite being further away
from the center of the Mapudungun
language area than Tsesungun,
Huillichesungun is closer linguistically
to its larger and better known
Araucanian sister language Mapudungun.
Living Tongues met with some
Huillichesungun language and cultural
activists and teachers on Chiloé like
Hugo Antipani of Quéllon, and Jovita
Obando and Hilda Guenteo of Weqetrumao
and made some sample recordings of their
language, which by their estimates is
down to under 10 speakers.
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