Pu mapuche ñi n’emül’ : Una introducción al estudio de la lengua mapuche

Abstract

The book you are holding in your hands emerges as an indispensable guide. Pu mapuche ñi n’emül’ (The Speech of the Mapuche) provides us with an expert synthesis of the state of the art on the Mapuche language and the key linguistic concepts needed to embark on the great adventure of understanding its structure, identifying its unique characteristics (particularly those that differentiate it from European languages), and, with even more reason, marveling at it. [...] In short, this compelling contribution to the description and promotion of the language is in the unique position of building a bridge between traditional speakers of the language and new learners. At the same time, it validates the practices and knowledge of the world of primary oral tradition and offers them to a diverse audience, both Mapuche and non-Mapuche, who can only come from a world of reading and writing primacy. Thus, the book presented here seeks to open the doors to the Mapuche language, helping us name and understand its distinct structures, learning to value them from a linguistic and cultural perspective.