Gününa Küne language

Gününa Küne
Gennaken, Puelche
Gününa Küna, Günün a yajüch
Pronunciation[gɨnɨna kɨnə]
[gɨnɨn a jaxətʃ]
Native toArgentina
RegionRío Negro and southern Neuquén
EthnicityPuelches
Extinct1960
Chonan
  • Puelche–Het?
    • Gününa Küne
Dialects
  • ?Chechehet
Language codes
ISO 639-3pue
Glottologpuel1244
ELPGününa-Küne
Map of the Gününa Küne language.
Gününa Küne is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
pwel
"east"
PeopleGününa künä (Puelche)
LanguageGününa yajüch
CountryPwelmapu

Gününa Küne (Puelche), now extinct, was a Chonan language formerly spoken by the Gününa Küne people in the Pampas region of Argentina. The language is also known as Gennaken (Guenaken), Northern Tehuelche, Gününa Yajüch, Ranquelche, Septentrional Austral Tehuelche and Pampa. It may also have been spoken by the Chechehet.