Mosetén–Chon is a proposal linking the

Mosetenan languages Chimané (Tsimané) is a South American language isolate. Some dialects are known as Mosetén (Mosetén of Santa Ana, Mosetén of Covendo). Chimane is a language of the western Bolivian lowlands spoken by the Tsimane peoples along the Beni River ...

(actually a single language, Chimane or Tsimané) and the

Chonan languages The Chonan languages are a family of indigenous American languages which were spoken in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia. Two Chon languages are well attested: Selk'nam (or Ona), spoken by the people of the same name who occupied territory in th ...

of South America. Kaufman (1990) finds the connection fairly convincing.

Comparative Vocabulary

Below, the numerals of Mosetén, Chimané, Ona, Tehuelche, Teushen and Haush.

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* Proposed language families Indigenous languages of the Americas {{na-lang-stub