Mapudungun
language spoken in Chile and Argentina by the Mapuche people
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Mapudungun is an intangible cultural element associated with Argentina [1]. No additional facts are provided regarding its speakers, geographic distribution, linguistic status, or historical context beyond this association. The language is recognized as part of Argentina’s intangible heritage [1].
Key Facts
- Country: Argentina[3], Chile[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Araucanian[6]
- Writing system: Latin script[7]
- Commons category: Mapudungun language[8]
- Wikimedia language code: arn[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mapuche language[10]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 300,000[11]
- Topic has template: Q66310436[12]
- Native label: Mapudungun[13]
- UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered[14]
- Indigenous to: Buenos Aires[15], Mendoza Province[16], Neuquén Province[17], Río Negro Province[18], Chubut Province[19], Araucanía Region[20], Los Lagos Region[21], Los Ríos Region[22], Mapuche[23]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ARN[24]
- Ethnologue language status: 6b Threatened[25]
- Linguistic typology: language isolate[26]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Mapudungun-language films[27]
- Related category: Category:Mapudungun pronunciation[28]
- Wikimedia Incubator URL: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/arn[29]
Why It Matters
Mapudungun has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Mapudungun is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]