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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A language isolate spoken in Chile and Argentina by the Mapuche people.

Synonyms

All synonyms

araucanianaraucanianmapuchemapuche

Etymology

From Mapudungun mapu(n) (“earth, land”) + dungun (“speak, speech”).

Related phrases

language isolate

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