Qawasqar
Qawasqar is a Kawesqar language spoken in Chile, by about 12 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Kawésqar (Qawasqar), also known as Alacaluf, is a critically endangered Alacalufan language spoken in southern Chile by the Kawésqar people. Originally part of a small family, 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.
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Words in Qawasqar
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | qawasqhar* | |
| name | qtel* | |
| eye | tes* | |
| ear | qyawe* | |
| nose | nows* | |
| tooth | sereqte* | |
| tongue | qalaqtes* | |
| hand | terwa* | |
| blood | qstanqse* | |
| bone | qhar* | |
| skin | qawes* | |
| knee | teltal* | |
| breast | cexyaw* | |
| liver | athaq* | |
| water | akcólai | |
| fire | afcar* | |
| sun | aswalqseles* | |
| star | celesewe* | |
| stone | qyesaw* | |
| mountain | arqaqhar* | |
| tree | qhar* | |
| leaf | qse* | |
| night | aqyawe* | |
| dog | qyoro* | |
| fish | yawchen | |
| louse | yeqstawes* | |
| one | taqso* | |
| two | woqs* | |
| I | ce* | |
| you | caw* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- WarázuTupian8% alike
- Eastern Bolivian GuaraníTupian8% alike
- TetserretAfro-Asiatic7% alike
- Riverine ChoroteMataguayan6% alike
- Hills KarbiSino-Tibetan6% alike
- AmtoAmto-Musan6% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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