Mapudungun
· MapudungunEndangeredAraucana · Centro-sur de Chile y ArgentinaWord Constructor
These languages build new words by joining roots and affixes. Type in Spanish or English and construct the word or phrase in the language.
Morphology explorer
Break a word into roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Language structure
How this language works — its word order, morphology, sounds and writing. This reference also grounds the AI Word Constructor.
Word order
Flexible order (SVO/SOV).
Morphology
Strongly agglutinative and polysynthetic, built by SUFFIXATION onto the verb root: it stacks incorporated objects, applicatives, aspect/mood and portmanteau person markers.
Sounds (phonology)
Six vowels including central ü /ɨ/; contrastive interdentals in some varieties.
Writing system
Several community Latin orthographies.
Key features
- Long verb-words are normal.
- Evidential and directional markers.
- Suffixing only.
This reference is also fed to the AI Word Constructor so it builds words the way the language actually works.