Teushen language

{{Short description|Language spoken in Patagonia}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Teushen

| nativename = {{lang|mis|Tehues}} ({{lang|mis|Teuéx}})

| ethnicity = Teushen people

| region = Patagonia

| extinct = early 20th century

| familycolor = American

| fam1 = Chonan?

| fam2 = Chon proper

| fam3 = Continental Chon

| iso3 = none

| glotto = teus1236

| glottorefname = Teushen

| linglist = 0qk

}}

The Teushen language is an indigenous language of Argentina and may be extinct. It was spoken by the Teushen people, a nomadic hunter-gatherer people of Patagonia, who lived between the Puelche people to their north and the Tehuelche people to the south, who occupied the central part of the Tierra del Fuego region. The tribe is now extinct.

The language is thought to be related to the Selkʼnam, Puelche, and Tehuelche languages. These collectively belong to the Chonan language family.Adelaar and Muysken 556

In the early 19th century, some Tehuelche people also spoke Teushen.Adelaar and Muysken, p. 581