Mapudungun in Chile

Speakers

286,967

Type

Location

Mapudungun in Chile

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Mapudungun in Chile

Size

286,967

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

Graphisation & script encoding

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Size / Number of users

Number of users

286967
Source
census
Year
2017

Users within total population

1.00000
Less than 10% use the language

PROPORTION

1
Source
census, 2017

Users within the reference community

Less than 50% use the language
Actual percentage
19
Source
census, 2017

Age distribution of users

202,646
71
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2017

Age distribution of users

44,494
16
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2017

Age distribution of users

39,827
14
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2017

Generational use

Educational attainment

36
64
17,112
No education
Source

census, 2017

48
52
92,389
Early childhood education
Source

census, 2017

51
49
74,852
Primary education
Source

census, 2017

51
49
79,774
Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2017

Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2017

39
61
21,998
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2017

Occupational qualifications

53
47
38,208
Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2017

89
11
8,056
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2017

85
15
21,675
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2017

81
19
20,037
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2017

40
60
18,810
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2017

33
67
7,357
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2017

38
62
9,125
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2017

46
54
7,208
Professionals
Source

census, 2017

50
50
4,287
Managers
Source

census, 2017

Language competence

Language not used
Source

census, 2017

46
54
1,138,734
Understand little, speak/sign none
Source

census, 2017

Understand some, speak/sign little
Source

census, 2017

47
53
146,673
Understand well, speak/sign some
Source

census, 2017

Understand all, speak/sign well
Source

census, 2017

49
51
140,294
Understand all, speak/sign fluently
Source

census, 2017

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Types of language use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion