Alacalufe |
Atacamenos |
Aymara |
Huilliche |
Kolla |
Mapuche |
Pehuenche |
Quechua |
Rapa Nui |
Yagan |
| Yagan |
|
| Indigenous Group |
Yagan (Also
known as: Yagán, Yamana, Yámana, Yaghan, Tequenica, Háusi Kúta) |
| Location |
Chile, Magallanes Province, Patagonia, Navarino and surrounding islands, Villa Ukika, Puerto Williams |
| Estimated Population |
70 (2003, BBC)
|
| Environment |
Island |
| Lifestyle |
Nomadic |
| Subsistence |
Fishing /
Hunter / Handicraft Sales |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Yámana (nearly extinct)
Classification: Language Isolate
Alternate names: Yaghan, Yagán, Tequenica, Háusi Kúta |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Yámana, A Language of Chile
Yaghan language
Chilean
Groups dying out
A ‘New
Deal’ for indigenous groups
Being
Indigenous: Yagan
Yaganes
|
| NGOs |
None found |
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