Araucanian languages

The Araucanian languages are a small language family of indigenous languages of the Americas spoken in central Chile and neighboring areas of Argentina. The living representatives of this family are Mapudungun (ISO 639-3: arn) and Huilliche (ISO 639-3: huh), spoken respectively by the Mapuche and Huilliche people. These are usually considered divergent dialects of a single language isolate.

Demographics
It is estimated that there are approximately 200,000 Mapudungu speakers in Chile and 40,000 speakers in Argentina. Huilliche is the native language of a few thousand Chileans.

Language contact
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Kunza, Mochika, Uru-Chipaya, Arawak, Pano, Cholon-Hibito, and Kechua language families due to contact.

Mason (1950)
Internal classification of Araucanian languages by Mason (1950):


 * Araucanian
 * North
 * Picunche
 * Mapuche
 * Pewenche
 * Rankel(che)
 * Moluche
 * South
 * Wiliche (Huilliche)
 * Wiliche
 * Serrano
 * Pichi-Wiliche
 * Manzanero
 * Veliche (Chilote)
 * Chikiyami (Cuncho)
 * Leuvuche
 * East
 * Taluhet (Taluche)
 * Divihet (Diviche)

Jolkesky (2016)
Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016):

( = extinct)


 * Mapudungun
 * Mapudungun, Nuclear
 * Mapudungun
 * Pewenche
 * Rankelche
 * Mapudungun, Southern: Williche
 * Mapudungun, Northern
 * Pikunche
 * Chango

Vocabulary
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Mapuche (Araucanian) language varieties.