Tsesungun language
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Tsesungún is a dialect of Huilliche
, an Araucanian language spoken in Chile
. Most of its speakers speak Spanish
as their first language. It is closely related but barely intelligible to Mapudungun
speakers.
It is classified as Araucanian/Huilliche/Tsesungun. It is used mostly in mountain valleys for ceremonial purposes.
Huilliche
The Huilliche is an ethnic group of Chile, belonging to the Mapuche culture. They live in mountain valleys in an area south of Toltén River and on Chiloé Archipelago...
, an Araucanian language spoken in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. Most of its speakers speak Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
as their first language. It is closely related but barely intelligible to Mapudungun
Mapudungun
The Mapuche language, Mapudungun is a language isolate spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people. It is also spelled Mapuzugun and sometimes called Mapudungu or Araucanian...
speakers.
It is classified as Araucanian/Huilliche/Tsesungun. It is used mostly in mountain valleys for ceremonial purposes.