🗣️ Cristina Calderón
Last native speaker of the Yaghan language, Tierra del Fuego
📌 Fast Facts
- Lived: 1928–2022, Puerto Williams, Chile
- Language: Yaghan (Yámana), indigenous to Tierra del Fuego
- Status: Last native speaker; language now extinct as first language
- UNESCO: Designated Living Human Treasure in 1999
Cristina Calderón was the last native speaker of the Yaghan language, an indigenous tongue of the maritime peoples ...