Araucanian languages

Araucanian
Geographic
distribution
Andes of Chile, Argentina
Linguistic classificationOne of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologarau1255

The Araucanian languages /ˌærɔːˈkniən/[1] are a small language family of indigenous languages of the Americas spoken in central Chile and neighboring areas of Argentina. The living representatives of this family are Mapudungun (ISO 639-3: arn) and Huilliche (ISO 639-3: huh), spoken respectively by the Mapuche and Huilliche people. These are usually considered divergent dialects of a single language isolate.

  1. ^ "Araucanian". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

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