Araucanian languages

Araucanian
Geographic distribution:	Andes of Chile, Argentina
Linguistic classification:	One of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions:	Mapudungun Huilliche
Glottolog:	`arau1255`^[1]

The Araucanian languages, sometimes considered divergent dialects of a single language isolate, are a small language family of central Chile and neighboring areas of Argentina.

References

↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Araucanian". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Isolates	Bangime Hadza Jalaa Sandawe Kwadi? Laal? Shabo?

Sign languages	Arab BANZSL French Lasima Tanzanian Others

Isolates	Basque Burushaski Elamite Hattic Kusunda Nihali Nivkh Sumerian Hruso? Miju? Puroik?

Sign languages	BANZSL French German Japanese Swedish Chinese Indo-Pakistani Arab Chiangmai–Bangkok Others

New Guinea
and
the Pacific

Isolates	Abinomn Busa Kaure Kol Kuot Porome Pyu Taiap Yalë Abun? Amberbaken? Dem? Hattam? Isirawa? Lepki? Kapori? Kosare? Massep? Murkim? Pawaia? Sulka? Waia?

Sign languages	Hawai'i Sign Language Others

Isolates	Giimbiyu Malak-Malak Marrgu Tiwi Wagiman

Isolates	Chimariko Haida Karuk Kutenai Siuslaw Takelma Timucua Waikuri Washo Yana Yuchi Zuni

Sign languages	Inuit (Inuiuuk) Plains Sign Talk Others

Isolates	Cuitlatec Huave Seri Tarascan/Purépecha

Sign languages	Plains Sign Talk Mayan Others

Isolates (extant in 2000)	Aikanã? Alacalufan Andoque? Camsá Candoshi Chimane Chiquitano Cofán? Fulniô Guató Hodï/Joti Irantxe? Itonama Karajá Krenak Leco Maku-Auari of Roraima Movima Mura-Pirahã Nukak? Ofayé Puinave Huaorani/Waorani Trumai Urarina Warao Yamana Yuracaré

See also

Families with more than 30 languages are in bold. Families in italics have no living members.

Languages of Chile

National language	Spanish

Living Indigenous languages	Ayacucho Quechua Central Aymara Chilean Quechua Chilean Sign Language Huilliche Mapudungun Quechua Rapa Nui

Extinct and endangered languages	Cacán Chango Chono Kawésqar/Alacaluf Kunza Ona/Selk'nam Tehuelche Yaghan

Language families	Aymaran Chon Polynesian Araucanian Alacalufan Quechuan Indo-European

Italics indicate extinct languages

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Culture

Related groups

Parliaments	Quillín (1641) Malloco (1671) Negrete (1726) Negrete (1793) Las Canoas (1793) Toltén (1869) Coz Coz (1907)

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