Moseten–Chonan languages

Mosetén–Chon
(proposed)
Geographic distribution	southernSouth America
Linguistic classification	Macro-Panoan? Mosetén–Chon
Subdivisions	Moseten Chon†
Language codes
Glottolog	None

Mosetén–Chonis a proposal linking theMosetenan languages(actually a single language, Chimane or Tsimané) and theChonan languagesof South America. Kaufman (1990) finds the connection fairly convincing.

Numerals

The following is a table of numerals in Mosetén, Chimané, Ona, Tehuelche, Teushen, and Haush.

	English	one	two	three	four	five	six	seven	eight	nine	ten
Mosetén-Chimané	Chimane	irit	pana	chibin	tsis	cánam	ebeuñ	yevetige	quencañ	arajatec	tac
	Mosetén	irit	pára	chibin
Chon	Tehuelche†	chochieg	h'áuke	ká'ash	kague	k'tsáen	uaenecash	aiéké	venik'cage	yamakeitzen	kaken
	Selknam† (Ona)	sôs	sôki	sauke	koni-sôki	kismarei	kari-koni-soki	kari-kísmarei	karikei-konisoki	kauken-kísmarei	karai-kísmarei
	Haush†	setaul	aim	shaucn
	Teushen†	cheuquen	xeukay	keash	kekaguy	keytzum	wenecash	kuka	wenekekague	kekaxetzum	xaken

Sources

• Kaufman, Terrence(1990). "Language History in South America: What we know and how to know more". In David L. Payne (ed.).Amazonian Linguistics.Austin: University of Texas Press.