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Preferred term

onaOna  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Ona (Aona), also known as Selk'nam (Shelknam), is a language that was once spoken by the Selknam people in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego in southernmost South America. there were 1-3 speakers left. 2000 estimates place it as "probably extinct."

Entry terms

  • Ona language

ISO 639-3 code

  • ona

Notation

  • ona

In other languages

  • Selknam

    French

  • Ona

    Portuguese

  • Idioma selk'nam

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ona

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