Mapudungun

Mapudungun is a language isolate (a language that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common to any other language) spoken in central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people. It is also known as Mapudungu, Araucano, and Mapuche. Mapudungun lacks substantive protection or promotion, despite the fact that the Chilean government has expressed several times its commitment to improve the situation and provide full access to education in Mapuche areas in southern Chile. In addition, it should be underlined that the language has had some lexical influence from Quechua and Spanish.