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mapudungun

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Ma·pu·che   (mä-pōō'chā, -chě)   
n.   pl. Mapuche or Ma·pu·ches
  1. A member of a South American Indian people inhabiting south-central Chile.

  2. The Araucanian language of the Mapuche. Also called Mapudungun.


[Mapuche : mapu, earth + che, people.]
Ma·pu·dun·gun   (mä'pōō-dōōn'gōōn)   
n.  See Mapuche.

[Mapuche : mapu, earth + dungun, speech.]
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