Haush language

The Haush language (also Manek'enk) was an indigenous language spoken by the Haush people and was formerly spoken on the island of Tierra del Fuego. The Haush were considered the oldest inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego; they inhabited the far eastern tip of the Mitre Peninsula. They made regular hunting trips to Isla de los Estados.

Before 1850, an estimated 300 people spoke Haush. The last speaker of Haush died around 1920 and the language is considered extinct.

Haush is considered to be related to the Selk'nam, Gününa Yajich, Teushen, and Tehuelche languages, which collectively belong to the Chonan language family.

Vocabulary
Carlo Luigi Spegazzini (1899) cites the following Haush vocabulary.

Phrases
 CER:certitive DEI1:deictic of minimum distance DEI3:deictic of maximum distance INFR:informality positional classifier DISP:displacement positional classifier 

anan k-as-pe-nk naʔ

canoe AN-inside-be(.sitting)-CER.M DEI1

'He is in the canoe.'

hajketa(s) sola-n(k)

3 be.strong-CER.M

'He is strong.'

asi n a-ma: čeʔne-s

INTERR ? DISP-DEI3 come-DUB

'Who's coming?'

a-ma(a) henk čeʔne-s

DISP-DEI3 man come-DUB

'A man comes.'

naʔ pe-j ma(a) n

DEI1 be(.sitting)-IMP 2 ?

'Sit here.'

ma(a) (a)jam-i so:l

2 light-IMP fire

'You, light the fire.'

{asa ma(a)} k-ameč’-i k’om-nk

why AN-grab-INF AUX.NEG-CER.M

'Why won't you grab?'

kar k-ʔaj-Ø o(n) a(a) t’a-Ø

something AN-give-IMP INFR for eat-INF

'Give me something to eat.'