Spoken in: Chile (Araucanía, Bío Bío), Argentina (Neuquén, Río Negro)
Number of Speakers: Approximately 260,000 people
Language Family: Araucanian (language isolate)
Cultural Wisdom
Mapudungun is the sacred language of the Mapuche people, the "people of the earth" who have maintained their connection to Patagonia's vast landscapes for over a thousand years.
Message
Feymu amutuy kiñe rume mongen meu, femgechi püchikulelu meu witrañma. Püllü y Espiritu ka feymu — kümelkaniey tañi mülen.
If you don't feed your body, it weakens and eventually dies. The soul and Spirit alike. Feed them too.