Language overview

Yagán

Yagán is documented on Dialect Atlas across 1 dialect: Yagán.

Dialects of Yagán

YagánYámana · YágankutaA language isolate of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, around the Beagle Channel and Navarino Island. Source of the famously untranslatable word mamihlapinatapai; recorded in a 32,000-word missionary dictionary by Thomas Bridges. Died with Cristina Calderón in 2022; heritage revival continues at Puerto Williams.

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