Chono

plural Chonos · alternative Chonoan

1. A member of an extinct indigenous people of the southern Chilean archipelago.

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   [T]he appellation by which the Indians after whom the islands inhabited by them were called the Archipelago de los Chonos, were known to the early missionaries, etc., of Chile. According to Lenz (Dicc. etimol., p.312), Chono is probably the name given by these Indians to themselves. Its etymology is quite uncertain.

   1911, Alexander F Chamberlain, “On the Puelchean and Tsonekan (Tehuelchean), the Atacameñan (Atacaman) and Chonoan, and the Charruan Linguistic Stocks of South America.”, in American Anthropologist, volume 13, number 3, page 468

alternative Chonoan

1. The language spoken by the Chono.

   It seems not entirely certain that Chono is forgotten, and an exploration for surviving speakers, as well as for individuals who may know the neighboring Atacaman, is urgently needed.

   1923, A. L. Kroeber, “Review: El Grupo Lingüistico Alakaluf journal= American Anthropologist”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 25, number 4, page 570