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Tehuelche

Tehuelche

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A native language once spoken in southern Patagonia
  • noun
: tehuelche
  • Linguists are working to document the Tehuelche language before it disappears completely.

Examples

  • Many words for local animals in Tehuelche have no direct translation in Spanish.

  • How many people still speak Tehuelche today?

  • She studied Tehuelche to understand the culture and traditions of Patagonia's indigenous people.

  • The Tehuelche language is rich in history.

  • Linguists are working to document the Tehuelche language before it disappears completely.

  • She studied Tehuelche to understand the culture and traditions of Patagonia's indigenous people.

  • Many words for local animals in Tehuelche have no direct translation in Spanish.

Surface Forms

Tehuelche singular
Tehuelches plural

Etymology

Tehuelche was first the name of a native people and their language, with the ending -che meaning 'people', so the word came to mean the group's own language; that's why Tehuelche now refers to the indigenous language of Patagonia.