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
Mapudungun talking dictionary (audio recordings) from Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Langua
"Witrapaiñ" - a bilingual rap song in Mapudungun and Spanish.
This is the story of a young Mapuche hip-hop artist living in Santiago Chile.
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.