Also Known As:
Mapudungu, Mapuzugun, Araucano, Maputongo, Mapuche, Araucanian, "Auca"
Dialects & Varieties
- Pehuenche
- Cautín
- Río Negro
- Rucachoroy
- Huilliche
- Mapocho
- Chubut
- Ranquel
- Picunche
- Neuquén
- Ngoluche (Moluche
- Manzanero)
Recent Resources
Language, Culture, and Arts
A book of poetry by 26 authors from Mexico (Chiapas), Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala in their Indigenous languages, with self-translations into Spanish.
This is the story of a young Mapuche hip-hop artist living in Santiago Chile.
Mapudungun talking dictionary (audio recordings) from Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Langua
Threatened
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
258,413
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.