Haush language

{{Short description|Extinct Chonan language of Argentina}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Haush

| nativename = {{lang|mis|Manekʼenk}}

| region = Mitre Peninsula

| ethnicity = Haush people

| extinct = {{circa|1920}}

| familycolor = American

| fam1 = Moseten–Chonan ?

| fam2 = Chonan

| fam3 = Chon proper

| iso3 = none

| linglist = qoa

| glotto = haus1240

| glottorefname = Haush

| map = Pueblos_indígenas_de_la_Patagonia_Austral.svg

| fam4 = Island Chon

| mapcaption = {{legend|#9aa594|Haush}}

| states = Argentina

}}

The Haush language (also Manekʼenk) was an indigenous language spoken by the Haush people and was formerly spoken on the island of Tierra del Fuego.{{sfn|Adelaar|Muysken|2004|p=41}} The Haush were considered the oldest inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego; at the time of first European contact, they inhabited the far eastern tip of the Mitre Peninsula.

Before 1850, an estimated 300 people spoke Haush.{{sfn|Adelaar|Muysken|2004|p=555}} The last speaker of Haush died around 1920 and the language is considered extinct.{{sfn|Adelaar|Muysken|2004|p=554}}

Haush is considered to be related to the Selkʼnam, Gününa Yajich, Teushen, and Tehuelche languages, which collectively belong to the Chonan language family.{{sfn|Adelaar|Muysken|2004|p=556}}