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MapudungunLanguage
The MapudungunLanguage is an AraucanianLanguage of Chile. SIL code: ARU. ISO 639-2: arn. Population: 400,000 in Chile, 200,000 of whom are active users of the language (1982 R. Croese SIL). Population total both countries 440,000. Region: Between the Itata and Tolten rivers. Alternate names: MAPUDUNGU, 'ARAUCANO', MAPUCHE. Dialects: MOLUCHE (NGOLUCHE, MANZANERO), PICUNCHE, PEHUENCHE. Comments: Easy intelligibility among all dialects. Pehuenche and Moluche are very close. Bilingual level estimates for Spanish are 0 0%, 1 8%, 2 50%, 3 30%, 4 10%, 5 2%. Partly bilingual in Spanish. The language is called 'Mapudungun', the people 'Mapuche.' SVO. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 21%. 85,000 are reported to be literate in Spanish. Deciduous forest, rolling farm land. Mountain slope, coastal, plains, riverine. Peasant agriculturalists. 0 to 2,000 meters. Traditional religion, Christian. NT 1997. Also spoken in: Argentina. (Language name: MAPUDUNGUN.) Population: 40,000 or more in Argentina (1975 Golbert). Alternate names: ARAUCANO, MAPUTONGO, MAPUCHE, MAPUDUNGU. Dialects: PEHUENCHE. Comments: One or more dialects. Recent migration from Chile. NT 1997.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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InstancesAraucanianLanguageAn AraucanianLanguage is either of two languages found in the Chile and Argentina that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 ContentBearingPhysicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entit�The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 langage humainThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 langageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 expression linguistiqueThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physiqueAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 SpokenHumanLanguageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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