Aonekko ‘a’ien, or Tehuelche (TEH), is a Chonic language of Argentinian Patagonia currently only known to be used by a single elderly speaker. Working with her is, therefore, a patient but fun task of elicitation which produces meaningful, yet often unexpected results. Our collaborative documentation project intends to add to the existing sparse documentation by creating a repository of common conversational language used in everyday discourse, as well as community and personal histories. This will rekindle communicative language use and be a resource for the small but persistent community who would like to reclaim their heritage language. Primary investigator: Javier Domingo