Mapudungun

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proper noun

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

Similar
Araucanian
OriginMapudungun mapu(n) →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Mapundungun

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

    Synonyms: Araucanian

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA language isolate spoken in Chile and Argentina by the Mapuche people.

Similar
Araucanian
Also see
mapuche

Origin

  1. Mapudungunmapu(n)“earth, land”
  2. EnglishMapudungun

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

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Translations

Dutch Mapudungun
  • Mapudungunlanguage
Esperanto mapuĉa, mapuĉa lingvo
  • mapuĉalanguage
  • mapuĉa lingvolanguage
Finnish mapudungun
  • mapudungunlanguage
French mapudungun
  • mapudungunlanguage
German Mapudungun
  • Mapudungunlanguage
Irish Mapúitsis
  • Mapúitsislanguage
Korean 마푸퉁군어
  • 마푸퉁군어 (maputungguneo)language
Portuguese mapuche
  • mapuchelanguage
Russian араука́нский, арауканский язы́к
  • араука́нский (araukánskij)language
  • арауканский язы́к (araukanskij jazýk)language
Spanish mapudungun
  • mapudungunlanguage
Cite this entry
APA

Mapudungun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mapudungun

MLA

“Mapudungun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mapudungun. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mapudungun,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mapudungun.

Source: Mapudungun on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.