Huilliche language
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| Huilliche Chesungun, chedungun |
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| Spoken in: | Chile | |
| Total speakers: | 2,000 | |
| Language family: | American Araucanian Huilliche |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | huh | |
| ISO 639-3: | huh | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Huilliche language (also known as Veliche and Huiliche) is an Araucanian language spoken by about 2,000 (as of 1982) ethnic Huilliche people in Chile. It is spoken in an area south of the Mapuche and from the city of Valdivia south to Chiloé Island in the nation's 10th Los Lagos Region and mountain valleys.
Huilliche has a dialect called Tsesungún. Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche, is closely related to Huilliche but they are barely understandable to each other. Most Huilliche-speakers are older adults and the language is in decline. Most ethnic Huilliche people currently speak Spanish as their first language. [1]
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Living languages
Ayacucho Quechua · Central Aymara · Chilean Quechua · Chilean Sign Language · Huilliche · Mapudungun · Quechua · Rapa Nui · Spanish
Extinct and endangered langauges
Kawésqar/Alacaluf · Kunza · Ona/Selknam · Tehuelche · Yaghan
Language families
Aymaran · Chon · Malayo-Polynesian · Quechuan · Romance
