Numbers in Mapuche

How to count in Mapuche (Mapudungun), an Araucanian language spoken in parts of Chile and Argentina.

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Note

• “sero” (0) and “miyon” (1,000,000) are Spanish loan words.
• “pataka” (100) and “warangka” (1,000) were taken from Quechua.
• * Although “wünen” (first) and “inan” (second) are used frequently, ordinals can be created for any number by suffixing (-)nge-lu.

Sources:
- R. Urrutia Muñoz. Diccionario Mapuche. Mapudungun/Español, Español/Mapudungun, 2006.
- Arturo Hernándes Sallés: Gramática Básica de la Lengua Mapuche. Chile – 2006.
- Diccionario Español-Mapuche: http://todobariloche.com/diccionario.htm

Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

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