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Name: Yagan
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Yahgan; Yaghan; Yamana; Yámana; Yamaná; Tequenica; Yapoo; Yagán; Háusi Kúta
Spoken in: Chile
Number of speakers: 1 (2003). Ethnic population: 100 (2000 W. Adelaar) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 1 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 1 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: yag
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Isolates & Small Families
Parent Subgroup: South American Isolates; South American Language Isolate (saso)

Endangerment Status


Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered
Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct
Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered

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