PATAGONIAN AND FUEGIAN STOCKS.
| Tsoneca, 1. | Tsoneca, 2. | Yahgan. | Alikuluf. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man, | nuken, | chonik, | ohă, uön, | ack´inish. |
| Woman, | nacuna, | karken, | kepa, shepush, | ack´hanash. |
| Sun, | chuina, | gengenko, | lŭm, | lŭm. |
| Moon, | chuina, | showan, | han´nuka, | cunnequa. |
| Fire, | ma-ja, | yaik, | pushaky, | tĕtal. |
| Water, | karra, | ley, | shamea, | chanash. |
| Head, | guil, | kittar, | lukabe, | of´chocka. |
| Eye, | gottel, | g-ötl, | della, | telkh. |
| Ear, | shene, | shaa, | ufkhea, | teldil. |
| Mouth, | shahan, | yeak, | uffeare. | |
| Nose, | oo, | tchal, or, | cushush, | nohl. |
| Tongue, | del, | tal, | lŭn, | luckin. |
| Teeth, | curr, | oër, orre, | tu´un, | cauwash. |
| Hand, | ore, fan, | tsicc’r, | jösch, marpo, | yuccaba. |
| Foot, | keal, | shankence, alj, | cŏeeă, | cutliculcul. |
| Home, | cocha, | kou, | uk kral, | hŭt. |
| 1, | cheuquen, | chuche, | ocoale, | tow quid ow. |
| 2, | xeukay, | houke, | combabe, | telkeow. |
| 3, | keash, | aäs, kaash, | mutta, | cup´eb. |
| 4, | kekaguy, | carge, kague, | carga, | inadaba. |
| 5, | keytzum, | ktsin, | cup´aspa. |
The vocabularies of the Tsoneca, Tehuelhet or Patagonian differ considerably in the various writers. No. 1 is from Von Martius, completed from D’Orbigny’s lists. No. 2 is based on Lt. Muster’s examples, supplemented from the vocabularies in Ramon Lista’s Exploraciones.
The Yahgan and Alikuluf pass for independent stocks. Yet in a number of words they resemble each other, and in a few, for example, those for “eye,” “woman,” “moon,” “man,” there seems more than a chance similarity.