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Mapuche

Mapuche

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The language of the native people of southern Chile and Argentina
  • noun
  • /mæˈpuːtʃeɪ/
: mapudungún
  • The elder taught the children traditional stories in Mapuche, keeping their culture alive.

Examples

  • She learned some basic phrases in Mapuche while visiting the indigenous communities.

  • Many linguists are studying the Mapuche language to preserve its unique features.

  • "Witchcraft, companero," the mapuche said.

    Fiction book (1992)

Surface Forms

Mapuche singular
Mapuches plural

Etymology

Mapuche comes from the parts Mapu ('land') and che ('people'), meaning 'people of the land', and this name is also used for the language because it is the language of that people.