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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Chile > Huilliche

Huilliche

A language of Chile

ISO 639-3huh

Population  2,000 (1982 SIL).
Region  South of Mapuche, Tenth region, Valdivia to Chiloé.
Language map  Argentina and Chile
Alternate names   Huiliche, Veliche
Dialects  Tsesungún. Related to Mapudungun [arn], but barely intelligible with it.
Classification  Araucanian
Language use  Few domains. Older adults. Also use Spanish.