Mari mari!
say it: “MAH-ree MAH-ree”
Mapudungun
in its own words: Mapudungun
- Speakers
- 250 thousand (estimate)
- Family
- Araucanian
- Vitality
- Definitely endangered
- Where it is spoken
- Argentina, Chile
- Script
- Latin
Fun fact
Mapudungun means “speech of the land”. The Mapuche resisted both the Inca and the Spanish, who recognised their independence in the Treaty of Quilín (1641); Chile subdued them only in 1861–1883.