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The Huilliche language (also known as Veliche and Huiliche) is an Araucanian language
Araucanian languages

The Araucanian languages, sometimes considered divergent dialects of a single language isolate, are a small language family of central Chile and neighboring areas of Argentina....
 spoken (as of 1982) by about 2,000 ethnic Huilliche
Huilliche

The Huilliche is an ethnic group of Chile, belonging to the Mapuche culture. They live in mountain valleys in an area south of Tolt?n River and on Chilo? Archipelago....
 people in Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
. It is spoken in an area south of the area inhabited by the Mapuche
Mapuche

The Mapuche are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. They were known as Araucanians by the Spaniards....
, in the nation's Los Lagos
Los Lagos Region

The X Los Lagos Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.The "Los Lagos Region" contains the country's second largest island, Chilo? Island, and the second largest lake, Lake Llanquihue....
 and Los Ríos
Los Ríos Region

The XIV Los R?os Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia, Chile. Pop. 356,396 . It began to operate as region on October 2 2007....
 regiones (states); and mountain valleys, between the city of Valdivia and south toward Chiloé Archipelago
Chiloé Archipelago

Chilo? Archipelago consists of several islands lying off the coast of Chile. It is separed from mainland Chile by Chacao Channel in the north, the Chilotan Sea en the east and Gulf of Corcovado to the southeast....
. Huilliche has a dialect called Tsesungún.

Mapudungun
Mapudungun

Mapudungun is a language isolate spoken in central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people. It is also known as Mapudungu, Mapuche, and Araucanian ....
, the language of the Mapuche
Mapuche

The Mapuche are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. They were known as Araucanians by the Spaniards....
, is closely related to Huilliche, but they are barely understandable to each other.






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The Huilliche language (also known as Veliche and Huiliche) is an Araucanian language
Araucanian languages

The Araucanian languages, sometimes considered divergent dialects of a single language isolate, are a small language family of central Chile and neighboring areas of Argentina....
 spoken (as of 1982) by about 2,000 ethnic Huilliche
Huilliche

The Huilliche is an ethnic group of Chile, belonging to the Mapuche culture. They live in mountain valleys in an area south of Tolt?n River and on Chilo? Archipelago....
 people in Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
. It is spoken in an area south of the area inhabited by the Mapuche
Mapuche

The Mapuche are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. They were known as Araucanians by the Spaniards....
, in the nation's Los Lagos
Los Lagos Region

The X Los Lagos Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.The "Los Lagos Region" contains the country's second largest island, Chilo? Island, and the second largest lake, Lake Llanquihue....
 and Los Ríos
Los Ríos Region

The XIV Los R?os Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia, Chile. Pop. 356,396 . It began to operate as region on October 2 2007....
 regiones (states); and mountain valleys, between the city of Valdivia and south toward Chiloé Archipelago
Chiloé Archipelago

Chilo? Archipelago consists of several islands lying off the coast of Chile. It is separed from mainland Chile by Chacao Channel in the north, the Chilotan Sea en the east and Gulf of Corcovado to the southeast....
. Huilliche has a dialect called Tsesungún.

Mapudungun
Mapudungun

Mapudungun is a language isolate spoken in central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people. It is also known as Mapudungu, Mapuche, and Araucanian ....
, the language of the Mapuche
Mapuche

The Mapuche are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. They were known as Araucanians by the Spaniards....
, is closely related to Huilliche, but they are barely understandable to each other. Most Huilliche speakers are older adults because the language is in decline; most ethnic Huilliche people currently speak Spanish as their first language.

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