South America · ISO 639-3 alc · Glottocode qawa1238
Qawasqar
Qawasqar joins the atlas as a nearly extinct Kawesqar language of Chile with a Latin-script assignment.
- Language family
- Kawesqar
- Likely script
- Latin (Latn)
- Source status
- nearly extinct
- Macroarea
- South America
- Source country codes
- CL
- Reference point
- -49.303, -74.708
Open research question
Which community-authorised sources document names, speaker situation, maritime place connections and current language maintenance?
This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.
Scholarly boundary
The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.