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Languages of Chile

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Name
Family
Group
Language
Territory
Aymara
Aymaran A widely spoken language, the southern branch of Chile still has many speakers.AymaraArica and Parinacota, Tarapacá
Malayo-Polynesian
Austronesian An extended linguistic family of the Pacific Ocean, which reached Easter Island around the 5th century.Malayo-PolynesianPolynesianRapa Nui
Chon
Chonan The Chon languages form a clear phylogenetic group and only recent evidence has been provided to link it to Puelche.ChonSelkʼnam (†)Magallanes
Aysén, Magallanes
Tehuelche (†)Aysén, Magallanes
Gününa këna (†)
PuelcheGününa këna (†)Los Ríos, Los Lagos
Allentiac (†)
Huarpean Originally from Cuyo, during the 17th century, many Huarpes were deported to Santiago where they became a large community.Allentiac (†)Santiago
Santiago
Millcayac (†)Santiago
Quechua II
Quechuan These languages constitute different families of languages since not all varieties of Quechua are mutually understandable.Quechua IISouthern QuechuaEl Loa
Kawésqar
Language isolates Attempts have been made to group these languages into larger families but without success.KawésqarMagallanes
Antofagasta
Kunza (†?)Antofagasta
Araucanía, Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Biobío, Los Ríos, Los Lagos
MapudungunAraucanía, Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Biobío, Los Ríos, Los Lagos
Magallanes
Yaghan (†)Magallanes
Cacán (†?)
Unclassified languages There is also a group of languages very scarcely documented and references to languages of extinct peoples, which have not been classified due to lack of information.Cacán (†?)Atacama
Los Lagos, Aysén
Chono (†)Los Lagos, Aysén

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