Het peoples
| Didiuhet | |
|---|---|
| Diuihet | |
| Region | Patagonian pampas |
| Ethnicity | Chon peoples prior to their genocide |
The Het were the people of the northern
It is not clear if these three peoples were related linguistically or only culturally.The Het were neighbored on the north by the
Mapuche, and on the south by the Puelche
.
Peoples
The Het peoples are listed from north to south as follows.
- The Taluhet occupied the modern provinces of San Luis in the east, Córdoba, and Santa Fe in the west.
- The Diuihet (Divihet, Didiuhet, Diliuhet) inhabited the coastal region between the La Plata and Paraná rivers in Buenos Aires Province, southern Santa Fe, and inland through La Pampa and as far as Mendoza.
- The Chechehet lived as far south as the mouths of the Colorado and Río Negro rivers in southern Buenos Aires Province.
Language
The Het population was decimated by the end of the eighteenth century by epidemics, which facilitated the Mapuche absorption of its territory and its survivors rapid
Chon languages
to its south.
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Chechehet and Querandí.[3]
gloss Chechehet Querandí two chivil moon zobá earth chu bow afia great hati
References
- ^ Th. Falkner: A description of Patagonia and the adjoining parts of South America, 1774
- ^ Viegas Barros, P. 1992. "La familia lingüística tehuelche. Revista patagónica. 13. 54:39–46. Buenos Aires.
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.