Ona language
Ona, also known as Selk'nam (Shelknam), is a language spoken by the Selk'nam people in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego in southernmost South America.
| Ona | |
|---|---|
| Selk'nam | |
| Native to | Argentina, Chile |
| Region | Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego. |
| Ethnicity | Selk'nam |
| Extinct | 1970s (is being revitalised by the modern community) |
Chonan †
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| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ona |
| Glottolog | onaa1245 |
| ELP | Ona |
Part of the Chonan languages of Patagonia, Selk'nam is almost extinct, due to the late 19th-century Selk'nam genocide by European immigrants, high fatalities due to disease, and disruption of traditional society. One source states that the last fluent native speakers died in the 1980s. A Radboud University linguist worked with speaker Herminia Vera-Ona, who died in 2014, to write a reference grammar of the language.
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