Ona language

Ona
Selk'nam
Spoken in	Argentina
Ethnicity	Selknam
Native speakers	2  (1991)
Language family	Chonan Chon proper Island Chon Ona
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ona

Ona (Aona), also known as Selk'nam (Shelknam), is a language that was once spoken by the Selknam people in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego in southernmost South America. As of 1991 there were 1-3 speakers left. 2000 estimates place it as "probably extinct."

See also

• List of endangered languages

• Languages of Chile

References

• Ethnologue

External links

• Entry for Ona at Rosetta Project
• Selknam dictionary online (select simple or advanced browsing)