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Mosetén–Chon
(proposed)
Geographic distribution	southern South America
Linguistic classification	Macro-Panoan ? Mosetén–Chon
Subdivisions	Moseten Chon †
Language codes
Glottolog	None

Mosetén–Chon is a proposal linking the Mosetenan languages (actually a single language, Chimane or Tsimané) and the Chonan languages of South America. Kaufman (1990) finds the connection fairly convincing.

Numerals

The following is a table of numerals in Mosetén, Chimané, Ona, Tehuelche, Teushen, and Haush.

	English	one	two	three	four	five	six	seven	eight	nine	ten
Mosetén-Chimané	Chimane	irit	pana	chibin	tsis	cánam	ebeuñ	yevetige	quencañ	arajatec	tac
Mosetén-Chimané	Mosetén	irit	pára	chibin
Chon	Tehuelche †	chochieg	h'áuke	ká'ash	kague	k'tsáen	uaenecash	aiéké	venik'cage	yamakeitzen	kaken
	Selknam † (Ona)	sôs	sôki	sauke	koni-sôki	kismarei	kari-koni-soki	kari-kísmarei	karikei-konisoki	kauken-kísmarei	karai-kísmarei
	Haush †	setaul	aim	shaucn
	Teushen †	cheuquen	xeukay	keash	kekaguy	keytzum	wenecash	kuka	wenekekague	kekaxetzum	xaken

References

"South Amerindian Languages". zompist.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.

Sources

Kaufman, Terrence (1990). "Language History in South America: What we know and how to know more". In David L. Payne (ed.). Amazonian Linguistics. Austin: University of Texas Press.