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Mapudungun

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Mapudungun is an Araucanian language spoken in Chile and Argentina by the Mapuche people.

It is also known as Mapudungu, Araucano and Mapuche. It has about 440,000 speakers, with about 400,000 in Chile and another 40,000 in Argentina. About 200,000 people use the language regularly.

Mapudungun
Spoken in:Chile
Argentina
Total speakers: 440 thousand
Genetic
classification:
Araucanian
 Mapudungun
Official status
Official language of:none
Regulated by:?
Language codes
ISO 639-2: arn
SIL: ARU


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