Enlhet

The Enlhet, or Northern Lengua, are an Indigenous people of the Paraguayan Gran Chaco, living in the Boquerón and Presidente Hayes regions around settlements such as Yalve Sanga. Their autonym means person, and Lengua, the Spanish label that long grouped them with the southern Enxet as a single people with two dialects, refers to their speech. Their language forms part of the Lengua-Maskoy family, which also includes Enxet, Sanapaná and Angaité.

Traditionally hunter-gatherers of the dry Chaco forest, they ranged in small kin bands in search of game, wild fruits and honey.