The Charruan languages are a family once spoken by the Chana, Charrua and Guenoa peoples in Uruguay, the Argentine province of Entre Rios and formerly parts of Brazil, comprising the extinct Charrua and Guenoa languages alongside Chana, whose last rememberer was recorded in 2024. A 2019 study by Nikulin found that the shared basic vocabulary among the family's languages is minimal enough that Charruan may in fact consist of two or three unrelated families rather than one.
Facts
RegionUruguay and the Argentine province of Entre Ríos 1 Speaker CountOne semi-speaker of Chaná, the family's last living language, was located in 2005 (Blas Wilfredo Omar Jaime); every other Charruan language is extinct with no known speakers. In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Argentina, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Uruguay, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Charruan Languages
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In 2005, a semi-speaker of the Chaná language, Blas Wilfredo Omar Jaime, was found in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina.
Wikidata: Charruan
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