Enxet language

Enxet, also known as Enxet Sur or Southern Lengua, is a language spoken by the Indigenous southern Enxet people of Presidente Hayes Department, Paraguay. It is one of twenty languages spoken by the wider Gran Chaco Amerindians of South America. Once considered a dialect of a broader language, known as Vowak or Powok, Enxet (Southern Lengua) and Enlhet (Northern Lengua) diverged as extensive differences between the two were realized.

Enxet
Southern Lengua
Énxet nempeywa
Pronunciation[eːnɬet]
Native toParaguay
RegionPresidente Hayes
Ethnicity5,840 Enxet Sur people (2002 census)
Native speakers
3,800 (2002 census)
Mascoian
  • Enxet
Language codes
ISO 639-3enx
Glottologsout2989
ELPEnxet Sur
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