Yahgan

Yahgan
/yah"geuhn/, n., pl. Yahgans, (esp. collectively) Yahgan for 1.
1. a member of an Indian people of the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego and adjacent islands.
2. the language of the Yahgan.

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