Chono

English + people Alternative forms en Chonoan Noun s * A member of an extinct indigenous people of the southern Chilean archipelago. en 1911 Alexander F Chamberlain On the Puelchean and Tsonekan (Tehuelchean), the Atacameñan (Atacaman) and Chonoan, and the Charruan Linguistic Stocks of South America. American Anthropologist http://www.jstor.org/stable/659920 13 3 468 [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. Proper noun The language spoken by the Chono. en 1923 A. L. Kroeber Review: El Grupo Lingüistico Alakaluf journal= American Anthropologist http://www.jstor.org/stable/660052 25 4 570 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. en Languages